Barker v. Missouri Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the plaintiff must “demonstrate that he had an objectively reasonable belief” that the reported conduct constituted harassment
• noting that if a plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case of discrimination, the court need not address the other aspects of the burden-shifting framework
• explaining that the FMLA’s “opposition clause is derived from Title VII”
• explaining that the FMLA’s “opposition clause is derived from Title VII”
• “Conduct is not actionable under Title VII if no reasonable person could have believed the incident violated Title VII's standard.”
• plaintiff must allege facts supporting she had objectively reasonable belief 1 conduct at issue constituted sexual harassment under Title VII

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).