153299P.pdf   05/15/2017  Micah Stone  v.  McGraw-Hill Global, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3299
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. The district court correctly held 
   that even if plaintiff could establish a prima facie case of 
   discrimination based on the fact that two white counterparts were paid a 
   higher starting salary, he had failed to show that defendant's stated 
   reasons for the salary disparities were a pretext for discrimination based 
   on his race; plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of salary 
   discrimination based on the denial of a bonus as he identified no 
   similarly situation employee who was treated differently; with respect to 
   plaintiff's hostile work environment claim, the district court correctly 
   held that plaintiff failed to show a causal connection between the alleged 
   acts of harassment and his race; one race-related comment did not 
   constitute harassment sufficiently severe and pervasive to support a 
   hostile work environment claim; even if plaintiff established a prima 
   facie case of discriminatory discharge, he failed to show the employer's 
   stated performance-related grounds for the termination were a pretext for 
   discrimination.