No. 07-2145. Argued: January 29, 2009. Decided: March 11, 2009. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg, District Judge. (1:06-cv-00199). Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by unpublished opinion. Judge Shedd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Traxler joined. ARGUED: Michael Geoffrey Wimer, WIMER JOBE, Asheville, North Carolina, for
No. 09-4024-SAC. September 14, 2011 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SAM CROW, Senior District Judge The case comes before the court on the defendant Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's ("Goodyear's") motion for summary judgment. (Dk. 68). The plaintiff Dena Bullard ("Bullard") brings this employment discrimination case alleging Goodyear unlawfully terminated her in retaliation for protected opposition to discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.,