111417P.pdf   01/27/2012  Richard Gacek  v.  Owens & Minor Distribution
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1417
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Melloy and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - civil rights. Assuming that plaintiff made a prima facie case
   that he had been terminated in retaliation for testifying in another
   employee's discrimination suit, the company established a legitimate, non-
   discriminatory basis for the termination - multiple violations of company
   policies, including harassment of other workers and unsafe work practices
   - which plaintiff failed to show was pretextual; comments plaintiff relied
   upon to establish defamation did not state a claim for defamation under
   Minnesota law.