Rae v. Woburn Public Schools

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How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a series of discrete acts of retaliation cannot be amalgamated into one “retaliatory harassment claim to invoke the continuing violations doctrine”
• noting that denial of a promotion \plainly constituted [an] adverse employment action[]\ for retaliation purposes
• “[R]eporting discriminatory conduct to the employer’s HR department or an administrative agency like [the EEOC] constitutes protected activity.”
• explaining that retaliation claims require “a crystallized and tangible effect”
• “[t]o assess whether a complaint can withstand a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, we ‘must accept as true all well-pleaded facts indulging all reasonable inferences in [Appellant’s] favor’”

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