Butler v. Alabama Department of Transportation

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• holding that the plaintiffs complaint about a coworker’s “one-time use of vile language away from work” could not support a retaliation claim under the opposition clause
• holding that “the use of [‘nigger’] on one occasion by one co-worker away from the workplace” was not severe, particularly because it was not directed at the plaintiff
• holding that coworker’s use of the word “nigger” twice in negative reference to a third party was not enough to give plaintiff an objectively reasonable belief that a racially hostile work environment existed so as to support a retaliation claim
• noting that various warnings and reprimands did not change the terms, conditions, or privileges of the plaintiffs employment
• holding it is “objectively unreasonable to believe” a single instance of racially discriminatory language made outside of the workplace creates a hostile work environment
• noting that the elements of a retaliation claim are the same under § 1981 and Title VII

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