United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________

No. 97-2816SD _____________

Kathy Casper, * * Appellant, * * v. * * DeSmet Farm Mutual Insurance Co., a * corporation; Peter Mack, in his capacity * as the Board of Directors of DeSmet * Farm Mutual Insurance Company; * Roger Elverson, in his capacity as the * Board of Directors of DeSmet Farm * Mutual Insurance Company; William * Poppen, in his capacity as the Board of * Appeal from the United States Directors of DeSmet Farm Mutual * District Court for the District Insurance Company; Donald Clarke, in * of South Dakota. his capacity as the Board of Directors of * DeSmet Farm Mutual Insurance * [UNPUBLISHED] Company; Lyle Osbeck, in his capacity * as the Board of Directors of DeSmet * Farm Mutual Insurance Company; * Richard Peterson, in his capacity as the * Board of Directors of DeSmet Farm * Mutual Insurance Company; Richard * Root, in his capacity as the Board of * Directors of DeSmet Farm Mutual * Insurance; Allen Siefkes, in his capacity * as the Board of Directors of DeSmet * Farm Mutual Insurance Company; * William Poppen, individually, * * Appellees. * _____________

Submitted: February 9, 1998 Filed: February 20, 1998 _____________

Before FAGG and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and SMITH,* District Judge. _____________

PER CURIAM.

Kathy Casper appeals the adverse grant of summary judgment on Casper's claims for sex discrimination based on a disparate impact analysis and for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties' briefs, we conclude the district court correctly ruled that Casper neither established a prima facie case of disparate impact under Title VII nor a state law cause of action for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Because the controlling law is clear, our review satisfies us that an opinion would have no precedential value in this fact- intensive case. We thus affirm the district court without further discussion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

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CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

* The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, sitting by designation.

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