D.C. Circuit· 7/7/2015

Rhonda Baird v. Joshua Gotbaum

Citations

416 U.S. App. D.C. 505
792 F.3d 166
2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11620
127 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 961
2015 WL 4079546

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upholding dismissal of complaints for failure to state a claim of retaliatory hostile work environment rather than on the grounds of issue preclusion and untimeliness that the trial court relied on; quotation marks omitted
“The constituent acts must be adequately linked such that they form a coherent hostile environment claim.” (cleaned up)
“occasional name-calling, rude emails, lost tempers and workplace disagreements [constitute] the kind of conduct courts frequently deem uncognizable under Title VII”
“[A]s an appellate court, we can ‘affirm the District Court on any valid ground, and need not follow the same mode of analysis.’” (citation omitted)
“[I]f certain conduct would not dissuade a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination, neither would an employer’s failure to investigate that conduct.”

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Judges: Henderson, Williams, Randolph

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