Alvin Hunter v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Engine Division, and Andre J. Lambert, Defendants

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• holding that issues cannot be preserved by reference to documents filed in the district court; issues must be argued to be preserved
• holding that “it is within the discretion of the dis- trict judge whether to deduct unemployment benefits from backpay,” but noting that the majority of circuits hold that unemployment benefits may never be deducted
• holding that the issue was waived because “[o]ur rules do not permit issues to be preserved by references to documents filed in the district court … . Issues must be argued to be pre- served”
• noting that employer will not usually be liable under respondeat superior for employee's racial harassment because it \would be the rare case where racial harassment . . . could be thought by the author of the harassment to help the employer's business\
• noting that employer will not usually be liable under respondeat superior for employee’s racial harassment because it “would be the rare ease where racial harassment . . . could be thought by the author of the harassment to help the employer’s business”
• noting that plaintiff might have had difficulty securing a new job because he was fired for falsifying records, but finding that his job search efforts were “not sufficiently assiduous to test this hypothesis”

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