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· 5/9/2008

McCann v. Tillman

Citations

  • 526 F.3d 1370
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 10048
  • 91 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,224
  • 103 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 367
  • 2008 WL 1991172

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that offensive epithets spread over a two-year period were “too sporadic and isolated” to support a hostile work environment claim
  • holding that, although offensive, four incidents involving racially derogatory language over more than two-year period did not constitute severe or pervasive harassment
  • holding that offensive epithets spread over a two-year period were “too sporadic and isolated” to support a HWE claim
  • holding that “instances of racially derogatory language alone, extending over a period of more than two years, are too sporadic and isolated” to be objectively severe or pervasive
  • holding that the plaintiff could not establish that racial comments affected her work performance, even though they upset her, because she testified that it did not affect her work
  • holding that five days was sufficient circumstantial evidence of causation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Carnes, Black, Restani

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