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· 8/21/2001

Oliver C. Willis v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service

Citations

  • 262 F.3d 801
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 18778
  • 81 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,674
  • 87 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1493
  • 2001 WL 940548

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that hostile work environment claims require proof that the harassment suffered by an employee “affected a term, condition, or privilege of employment”
  • placing very racially offensive cartoon on employee’s desk in conjunction with unpleasant/rude comments by coworkers insufficient
  • stating elements of racially hostile work environment in a “coworker harassment” case
  • stating elements of racially hostile work environment in a “co-worker harassment” case
  • the court’s ultimate finding was that the environment was not sufficiently severe or pervasive, where there were several isolated incidents, but the most serious incident, involving a racial offensive cartoon, was not repeated and the harassment stopped after that incident
  • third element of a racial harassment claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wollman, McMillian, Bye

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