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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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wadsworth v. MSAD 40/RSU 40
  First Circuit· 2025-02-19· cited 19×
• Garcia-Gesualdo v. Honeywell Aerospace of P.R., Inc.
  First Circuit· 2025-04-24· cited 8×
• Jennifer Fisher v. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
  D. New Hampshire· 2013-05-10· cited 1×
• Roberta Zerveskes v. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Mass General Brigham Incorporated
  D. New Hampshire· 2024-09-26· cited 1×
• Leah Moore v. Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 2024-09-25· cited 1×
• Walsh v. HNTB Corporation
  First Circuit· 2026-03-13
• Holland v. Elevance Health, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2026-03-27

Cites

50 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.
  Supreme Court· 2002-02-26· cited 8,748×
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 7,269×
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-10· cited 6,600×
• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 6,226×
• Ocasio-Hernandez v. Fortuno-Burset
  First Circuit· 2011-04-01· cited 1,798×
• Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-03· cited 958×
• Noviello v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 2005-02-16· cited 432×
• Fantini v. Salem State College
  First Circuit· 2009-02-23· cited 357×
• Marrero v. Goya of Puerto Rico, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-08-28· cited 340×
• Sepúlveda-Villarini v. Department of Education
  First Circuit· 2010-12-10· cited 294×
• Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar Foundation
  First Circuit· 1993-05-20· cited 270×
• Myrtle Thomas v. Eastman Kodak Company
  First Circuit· 1999-07-15· cited 256×
• Mariani-Colón v. Department of Homeland Security
  First Circuit· 2007-12-18· cited 242×
• Nisselson v. Lernout
  First Circuit· 2006-11-08· cited 226×
• Barker v. Riverside County Office of Education
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-10-23· cited 212×
• Genaro Quiles-Quiles v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
  First Circuit· 2006-02-21· cited 208×
• Garayalde-Rijos v. Municipality of Carolina
  First Circuit· 2014-03-28· cited 199×
• Nieves-Marquez v. Commonwealth of PR
  First Circuit· 2003-12-24· cited 189×
• Wyatt v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 1994-09-15· cited 181×