William L. Lucas v. Chicago Transit Authority

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• holding that employer’s internal review is not by itself “an active step” that warrants application of equitable estoppel
• stating that: “As we have explained, ‘[a]n employer’s refusal to undo a discriminatory decision is not a fresh act of discrimination.’ ”
• explaining that plaintiff’s failure to provide the time, dates, or places where African-Americans were treated more harshly were conclusionary and insufficient to survive summary judgment.
• explaining that multiple acts can form a single hostile work environment claim if they are connected in time and circumstances such that they form a single chain of conduct
• being “written up” was not an adverse action where employee failed to identify tangible job consequences
• upholding a grant of summary judgment against plaintiff for hostile work environment claim where supervisor said “if you don’t like it here, [n-word], go home,” and [Plaintiff] is a dumb [n-word].”

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