Loretta Rester v. Stephens Media

How courts have described this case

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• looking at the totality of the circumstances when considering whether discriminatory, ridicule, and insult have permeated the workplace
• finding Title VII retaliation claim failed for same reason as sex discrimination claim—lack of adverse employment action
• holding a single incident where the plaintiffs supervisor screamed and cursed at plaintiff, put his hands on plaintiff three times, and physically prevented the plaintiff from leaving his office until she began screaming and yelling did not amount to actionable sexual harassment
• noting this analysis requires the court to determine whether a plaintiff was treated differently because of her sex or the actions of her supervisor were motivated by her sex
• finding plaintiff could not establish a prima facie case of discrimination where she “suffered no termination, did not lose pay or benefits, and her job duties or responsibilities did not change”
• confrontation with a supervisor over a workplace disagreement not actionable because it did not denote a sexist connotation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).