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· 8/10/2007

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. WC&M Enterprises, Inc.

Citations

  • 496 F.3d 393
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19105
  • 90 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,924
  • 101 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 332

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  • holding that “a long-term pattern of ridicule” based on the plaintiffs national origin and religion, including name-calling and mocking, sufficed to establish a hostile work environment claim under Title VII
  • holding that a Muslim man’s national- origin discrimination claim survived summary judgment even though his harassers did not know his country of origin
  • holding that “verbal harassment on a regular basis” for a year was sufficient to establish a hostile work environment claim under Title VII
  • holding that “a long-term pattern of ridicule” based on the plaintiffs national origin and religion, including name-calling and mocking, sufficed to establish a hostile work environment claim under Title VII
  • holding that there was a fact issue regarding whether harassment was “severe or pervasive” when the victim was called racial epithets “on a regular basis for a period of approximately one year” (often several times per day
  • explaining that the more severe the incident of harassment, the fewer needed to make a showing of a hostile work environment

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Judges: Davis, Dennis, Prado

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