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· 5/7/2002

Tony Cerros v. Steel Technologies, Inc.

Citations

  • 288 F.3d 1040
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 8735
  • 82 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,065
  • 88 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1217
  • 2002 WL 857469

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “a relentless pattern of lesser harassment that extends over a long period of time also violates [Title VII]”
  • stating that “there is no ‘magic number’ of slurs that indicate a hostile work envi- ronment”
  • noting that “unambiguously racial epithet falls on the ‘more severe’ end of the spectrum”
  • observing that 31 “[w]hile there is no ‘magic number’ of slurs that indicate a hostile work environment, we have recognized before that an unambiguously racial epithet falls on the ‘more severe’ end of the spectrum”
  • observing that 31 “while there is no ‘magic number’ of slurs that indicate a hostile work environment, we have recognized before that an unambiguously racial epithet falls on the ‘more severe’ end of the spectrum”
  • reversing summary judgment for employer in racially hostile environment case where district court had failed to consider multiple incidents in their entirety

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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Williams

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