Randy Smith, Victoria Guerrero, Ann Weaver, and Elbert Lee Reeves v. Northeastern Illinois University and Gerald Leenheer

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• holding that while a supervisor’s use of the term “black mother*****s” was deplorable, an isolated use of an epithet is insufficient to establish a hostile work environment
• finding that plaintiff was not subjected to an objectively hostile work environment when plaintiff was told second-hand that other employee repeatedly used racial epithets and only once, over several years, heard employee use the phrase “black motherfuckers” directed at another
• holding that undeveloped argument constitutes waiver
• affirming summary judgment on one of plaintiff's hostile environment claims where that plaintiff heard defendant-who may or may not have been her supervisor-utter only one racist comment not directed at her
• affirming summary judgment on one hostile environment claim where plaintiff heard defendant, who may have been her supervisor, utter one racist comment not directed at her
• stating that cursory and undeveloped arguments are deemed waived

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