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· 10/18/2002

Forkkio, Samuel E. v. Powell, Donald

Citations

  • 306 F.3d 1127
  • 353 U.S. App. D.C. 301
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 21901
  • 83 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,304
  • 90 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 543
  • 2002 WL 31322757

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “an employee suffers an adverse employment action if he experiences materially adverse consequences affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment” such as pay, benefits, or substantive responsibilities
  • holding that assignment to work under supervisor whom plaintiff considered offensive was not an adverse action supporting a retaliation claim because plaintiff had not alleged that the assignment caused any objective harm
  • holding that a party was not entitled to Rule 56(d
  • stating that adverse employment action must entail objective harm, and purely subjective harms, such as dissatisfaction or humiliation, are not adverse
  • finding that an employee did not experience an adverse employment action when the employee did not receive management-related emails or other communications
  • noting that an objectively tangible harm is present when a reasonable trier of fact could find that the plaintiff “experience[d] materially adverse consequences affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or future employment opportunities”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Randolph, Sentelle

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