Background The current writ proceeding arises out of allegations Mr. Graves engaged in racial discrimination during training of Northrop employees and an ensuing investigation. Mr. Graves, a Caucasian man, was employed off and on as a tooling inspector for Northrop between 1981 and March 1999. Ms. Schroeder, a Northrop employee, made the racial discrimination allegation in a March 22, 1998, written statement. A Northrop report related: "Ms. Schroeder said she had commented to Mr. Lowe that he didn't have to take that from anyone [. ]There was no evidence of an intent to mislead, deceive, or defraud or of collusion or unlawful design by a Northrop employee.

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