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Eighth Circuit· 9/22/2011

Bennett v. Nucor Corp.

Citations

  • 656 F.3d 802
  • 2011 WL 4389194

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that party represented by same counsel had “essentially abandoned” argument by making only a “conclusory challenge”
  • holding that the district court properly declined to certify a hostile work environment class where anecdotal evidence was concentrated in a single department
  • holding that party represented by same counsel had “essentially abandoned” argument by making only a “conclusory challenge”
  • observing that whether the probative value of challenged evidence is substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice “is a fact-intensive question,” which must often be answered by the trial court in the course of trial
  • denying certification when there were “stark inter-departmental variations in job titles, functions performed, and equipment used”
  • affirming district court conclusion that evidence of prior events was relevant

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Judges: Colloton, Gruender, Shepherd

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