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033888P.pdf   02/24/2005  Robert Eliserio  v.  United Steelworkers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-3888
                          and No:  03-3950
   Southern District of Iowa   
   Civil case - labor law. District court erred in granting union summary 
   judgment on plaintiff's claims for hostile work environment and 
   retaliation; a reasonable jury could find that union-issued stickers were 
   intended to be associated with derogatory graffiti directed at plaintiff and 
   served as a broad endorsement of the graffiti, including its discriminatory 
   elements; plaintiff also introduced evidence from which a reasonable jury 
   could find the union actively supported the allegedly hostile work 
   environment; plaintiff made a prima facie case of retaliation and provided 
   sufficient evidence that the nondiscriminatory reason provided for his 
   demotion was a pretext; case remanded for further proceedings. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Beam, Circuit Judges]