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· 5/31/2002

William Shannon v. BellSouth Telecommunications

Citations

  • 292 F.3d 712
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 11634
  • 82 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,117
  • 88 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1776
  • 2002 WL 1155772

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plaintiff who presented evidence that he was “totally blackballed” from overtime in retaliation constitutes an adverse employment action
  • holding that denial of the opportunity to work overtime is an adverse employment action sufficient to make out a prima facie case under Title VII
  • recognizing that a set of actions may constitute an adverse employment action when considered collectively, even though some actions do not rise to the level of an adverse employment action individually
  • recognizing that a set of actions may constitute an adverse employment action when considered collectively, even though some actions do not rise to the level of an adverse employment action individually
  • explaining that it is the task of the jury, not the court, “to weigh conflicting evidence and inferences, and determine the credibility of witnesses”
  • finding plaintiff’s allegation that he was “‘totally blackballed’ from overtime opportunities open to other employees” may constitute an adverse employment action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Black, Carnes, Wilson

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