Patane v. Clark

How courts have described this case

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• holding that discriminatory treatment is actionable “only when it occurs because of an employee’s sex, or other protected characteristic”
• holding that such allegations are “legally insufficient under 12(b)(6)” to allege a retaliatory employment action
• noting that the adverse employment actions alleged in the complaint were characterized by the-plaintiff as retaliatory
• finding that regularly subjection to pornographic videos in the workplace constituted sufficient facts to defeat motion to dismiss
• stating that hostile work environment claim under Title VII requires showing \that the complained of conduct ... is objectively severe or pervasive\
• stating that “sine qua non of a gender-based discriminatory action claim under Title VII is that the discrimination must be became of sex” (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted)

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