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Eighth Circuit· 7/19/2001

Larry Phillips v. Cathy Collings

Citations

  • 256 F.3d 843
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 16000
  • 80 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,608
  • 86 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 411
  • 2001 WL 811108

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming the district court’s instructions to the jury because no prejudice resulted from the refusal to provide more detailed instructions
  • affirming the district court's instructions to the jury because no prejudice resulted from the refusal to provide more detailed instructions
  • \[W]e consider the cumulative effect of [the employer's] discriminatory actions rather than determining whether any individual action upon which the claim relies was sufficiently adverse.\
  • \[W]e consider the cumulative effect of [the employer's] discriminatory actions rather than determining whether any individual action upon which the claim relies was sufficiently adverse.\
  • “It is [w]hen the record contains no proof beyond speculation to support the verdict, [that] judgment as a matter of law is appropriate.”
  • “we need not determine for purposes of this appeal whether discrimination claims premised on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require a showing of an adverse employment action”

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Judges: Bye, Beam, Melloy

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