Balazs v. Liebenthal

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a retaliation claim failed because the EEOC charge had “nothing to do with his race, color, religion, sex or national origin”
• noting that defendant is prejudiced when it has to defend in court against charge that was never verified
• finding once a right to sue letter has issued, there is no longer a charge pending before the EEOC
• finding once a right to sue letter has issued, there is no longer a charge pending before the EEOC
• “that [plaintiff] had been accused of doing something— sexually harassing his co-workers—which he did not do” had “nothing to do with his race, color, religion, sex or 15 national origin”
• “An allegation that he was falsely accused of conduct which, if true, might have given rise to a claim of employment discrimination based on sex by someone else in no way states a cause of action that plaintiff himself was a victim of discrimination based on his sex.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kathleen Buck v. The Hampton Township School District Lawrence C. Korchnak, Dr
  Third Circuit· 2006-06-30· cited 1,009×
• Chazz Roberts v. Glenn Industrial Group, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-21· cited 278×
• Timothy A. Slagle v. County of Clarion Clarion County Jail
  Third Circuit· 2006-01-12· cited 187×
• Tinsley v. First Union National Bank
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-09-02· cited 118×
• Gad v. Kansas State University
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-05-27· cited 97×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-07-31· cited 78×
• Colburn P. RANDEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, John H. Dalton, Secretary, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-15· cited 66×
• Gonsalves v. Nissan Motor Corp. in Hawai'i, Ltd.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2002-12-18· cited 66×
• Leonard Edelman v. Lynchburg College
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-08-19· cited 63×
• D'ANNA v. M/a-com, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1995-10-12· cited 43×
• Leonard Edelman v. Lynchburg College
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-10-11· cited 37×
• Cooper v. Xerox Corp.
  W.D. New York· 1998-02-05· cited 19×
• Flippo v. American Home Products Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 1999-08-09· cited 13×
• Lane v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1999-09-01· cited 12×
• Blum v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-07-17· cited 11×
• Foreman v. Weinstein
  D. Maryland· 2007-03-27· cited 11×
• Kendall v. Donahoe
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-12-21· cited 10×
• Chappell v. School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
  E.D. Virginia· 1998-07-20· cited 9×
• Richard Shore, M.D. v. The Children's Mercy Hospital and Dr. Gerald Woods
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-12-22· cited 8×
• Merchant v. Prince George's County
  D. Maryland· 2013-05-31· cited 7×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-03-28· cited 309×
• Patterson v. American Tobacco Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-02-23· cited 182×
• Nathaniel HARVEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW BERN POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-03-19· cited 154×
• Stephen D. Learned v. City of Bellevue
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-11-03· cited 117×
• Needham Holder v. City of Raleigh Jack C. Duncan, Needham Holder v. City of Raleigh Jack C. Duncan
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-02-14· cited 110×
• Margaret PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-09-27· cited 108×
• Harold PETERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-12-27· cited 68×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1981-05-27· cited 51×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-12-28· cited 29×
• Rogers v. McCall
  District of Columbia· 1980-03-20· cited 18×
• Mitchell v. Visser
  D. Kansas· 1981-12-17· cited 14×
• United States v. University of Maryland
  D. Maryland· 1977-09-12· cited 9×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-01-09· cited 6×