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Sixth Circuit· 4/12/2017

Phillips v. UAW International

Citations

  • 854 F.3d 323
  • 2017 FED App. 0082P
  • 2017 WL 1337236
  • 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6254
  • 130 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 55
  • 101 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,779

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  • noting that “this court has established a relatively high bar for what amounts to actionable discriminatory conduct under a hostile work environment theory.”
  • affirming a grant of summary judgment for defendants where the plaintiff’s evidence included “a smattering of offensive conduct,” allegations of violent conduct, and “frequent racial comments”
  • noting inconsistency of district court’s interpretation of subsection 2000e-2(c) with Eighth Circuit precedent
  • “The misconduct alleged here—a handful of offensive comments and an offensive meeting over a two-year period—does not” add up “to actionable discriminatory conduct under a hostile work environment theory.”
  • citation 12 Plaintiffs appear to have abandoned any disparate impact claims. They do not mention them in their memoranda in opposition, and their arguments invoke only disparate treatment analyses. omitted
  • “These incidents, if true, are offensive and condemnable. But they are not actionable as a hostile work environment. . . . [T]he incidents were isolated and not pervasive or severe enough to alter the terms and conditions of [plaintiff’s] employment.”

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Judges: Merritt, Cook, McKeague

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