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· 8/14/2001

Elise N. Berry v. Delta Airlines, Incorporated

Citations

  • 260 F.3d 803
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 18322
  • 81 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,676
  • 86 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1367
  • 2001 WL 910781

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that sex harassment “may include ridicule, ostracism, and other forms of hostility motivated by anti-female animus”
  • noting that we must “ ‘determine whether the employer’s total response was reasonable under the circumstances as then ex- isted’ ”
  • explaining that retaliation for complaints of sexual harassment has “too remote a connection to gender to convert the retaliatory harassment into gender-based harassment” (internal quotation omitted)
  • explaining that sex harassment “may include ridicule, ostracism, and other forms of hostility motivated by anti-female animus”
  • explaining that sex harassment “may include ridicule, ostracism, and other forms of hostility motivated by anti-female animus”
  • airline not held liable for lengthy period of harassment by coworker because of prompt remedial action taken once notified

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Judges: Bauer, Cudahy, Easterbrook

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