Margie Brandon v. Sage Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• holding that \informal opposition to a discriminatory practice can constitute protected activity\ after observing that \the majority of circuits find that informal complaints\ are protected activities under Title VII
• assuming arguendo that such verbal complaints did constitute an opposition but affirming the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s retaliation claims on summary judgment
• describing the “ultimate employment decision” test for discrimination claims as stricter than the more expansive “might well be dissuaded” test for retaliation claims (internal quotations omitted)
• entertaining possibility of a threat giving rise to an actionable claim
• executive who flew into town for a few days not a supervisor of the employee she retaliated against
• in a Title VII case, entertaining the “possibility that a realistic, drastic pay cut threat might deter someone from supporting a discrimination charge in certain circumstances,” giving rise to an actionable retaliation claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).