McCreery v. Chesapeake Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “agent[],” part of title VII’s definition of “employer,” includes someone who “serves in a supervisory position and exercises significant control over . . . hiring, firing, or conditions of employment”
• finding that a suit against an employee in official capacity operates as suit against employer
• holding county could be liable for county attorney's creation of hostile work environment without separate report to county, because county attorney, who had power to hire, fire, and supervise his secretary, \operate[d] as the alter ego of the employer\
• interpreting Winter and explaining that the ‘sliding scale’ 2 test for preliminary injunctive relief remains valid
• showing of adverse employment action where plaintiff was reassigned against her wishes
• applying clearly erroneous standard to trial court’s finding of no sexual harassment

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