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· 5/17/1999

Boone v. Goldin

Citations

  • 178 F.3d 253
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 9223
  • 75 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,872
  • 81 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1729
  • 1999 WL 308606

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that even reassignment to a less appealing position is not an “adverse employment action” unless it has “some significant detrimental effect” on the plaintiff
  • holding that reassignment was not an adverse action even though the plaintiff asserted that the new position was more stressful and had poor working conditions
  • holding that reassignment can only support a Title VII claim if the reassignment had \significant detrimental effect\
  • holding that reassignment can only qualify as an adverse employment action if it had some “significant detrimental effect” on the plaintiff
  • holding that while reassignment to a position that required employee to work in a wind tunnel created “modest stress” not present in employee’s previous laboratory position, the reassignment did not constitute an adverse employment action
  • stating that a significant change in working conditions and a decreased opportunity for future promotions are appropriate factors for consideration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hamilton, Motz, Traxler

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