· 2/24/2005
Robert Eliserio, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Steve Vonk, Appellees/cross-Appellants
Citations
- 398 F.3d 1071
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 3201
- 86 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,865
- 95 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 421
- 2005 WL 425397
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a reasonable jury could infer pretext when a company that had ignored five earlier complaints about the plaintiff demoted him based on a sixth similar complaint that followed the plaintiff’s complaints about discrimination
- holding a union does not have a duty under Title VII to investigate and take steps to remedy employer discrimination
- same factors were pertinent to analysis of the hostility of the environment created by a labor union
- “A plaintiff can establish a causal connection between his complaints and an adverse action through circumstantial evidence, such as the timing of the two events.”
- applying the burden-shifting analysis to a retaliation claim
- applying the burden-shifting analysis to a retaliation claim
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Judges: Bye, Beam, Gruender
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