James M. Day v. Wayne County Board of Auditors, Wayne County Civil Service Commission, County of Wayne, and Wayne County Board of Commissioners

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• holding that “an employee may sue her public employer under both Title VII and § 1983 when the § 1983 violation rests on a claim of infringement of rights guaranteed by the Constitution”
• “[W]e believe Title VII provides the exclusive remedy when the only § 1983 cause of action is based on a violation of Title VII.”
• Section 1983 claims are reviewed under the same framework as a Title VII claim when the “only § 1983 cause of action is based on a violation of Title VII.”
• Title VII does not affect rights of state employees under § 1983
• “Here the … only wrongful act was [defendants’] retaliation for the plaintiff's actions, a violation of Title VII. We conclude that Congress did not intend this violation to be the basis of a Section 1983 claim.”

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