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Tenth Circuit· 7/24/2000

Ford v. West

Citations

  • 222 F.3d 767
  • 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 4475
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 17729
  • 88 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1451
  • 2000 WL 1016647

How courts have described this case

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

  • reasoning that only when the acts of harassment are so egregious, numerous, and concentrated as to add up to a campaign of harassment will the employer be liable for failure to discover the harassment
  • identifying grounds for holding an employer lia- ble for a hostile work environment based upon the application of general agency principles
  • affirming summary judgment in Title VII case alleging hostile work environment where plaintiff’s claim was “vague and conclusory, -6- without reference to specific dates or circumstances”
  • stating, “Because we dispose of Plaintiff's claim based on the absence of employer liability, we need not resolve, apart from the question of employer liability, the issue of the presence of a hostile work environment”
  • stating, “Because we dispose of Plaintiff's claim based on the absence of employer liability, we need not resolve, apart from the question of employer liability, the issue of the presence of a hostile work environment’
  • “Vague, conclusory statements do not suffice -8- to create a genuine issue of material fact.”

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Judges: Seymour, Alarcón, Baldock

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Cites

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