Anna M. Jensen v. Jack E. Potter, Postmaster General Us Postal Service

How courts have described this case

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• holding the plaintiff must establish that he “suffered intentional discrimination because of” his protected activity
• stating that “[Title VII] prohibits severe or pervasive harassment; it does not mandate a happy workplace.”
• explaining that although many employees are harassed, one cannot obtain relief if the reason for the harassment is “one that is not proscribed” by federal employment discrimination laws
• finding that even if retaliation does not occur immediately after the protected activity, courts should look to other evidence that occurred in the intervening period between the adverse action and protected activity
• denying summary judgment in favor of an employer where a nineteen month delay occurred between notification and remedial action
• describing the circuit split regarding whether a retaliation claim predicated upon a hostile work environment was cognizable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).