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· 8/29/2002

Stephanie Beckel v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.

Citations

  • 301 F.3d 621
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 17876
  • 83 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,227
  • 89 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1208
  • 2002 WL 1980453

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that applying equitable estoppel to a threat to fire an employee if he sued would “distort the doctrine of equitable estoppel” as well as “circumvent the limitations that Title VII imposes on suits for retaliation”
  • suggesting that an employer's threat to fire an employee if she sued for sexual harassment was “a form of anticipatory retaliation, actionable as retaliation under Title VII”
  • threatening an employee with termination if she sued might be a form of retaliation
  • “Such a threat would be a form of anticipatory retaliation, actionable as retaliation under Title VII.”
  • “Such a threat would be a form of anticipatory retaliation, actionable as retaliation under Title VII.”
  • “Such a threat would be a form of anticipatory retaliation, actionable as retaliation under Title VII.”

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Judges: Posner, Ripple, Williams

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