Bob Waterman and Mikkie Schiltz successfully defended an industrial contractor performing work in Sioux City, Iowa, whose former employee claimed he was discriminated against and subjected to a hostile work environment due to his race.  A federal district judge for the Northern District of Iowa dismissed all nine of the former employee’s claims finding (1) that the industrial contractor had established legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for the employee’s termination related to the employee’s misconduct, (2) that the employee was not subjected to a hostile work environment, and (3) the employee could not establish any discriminatory pay or discipline.  Click to read the 27-page court ruling.