Legal Opinion
Hertz v. Luzenac America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2004No. 02-1488PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Luzenac America, Inc. (Employer), dismissed Sanford Lee Hertz from his position as a technical manager. Hertz filed suit in Colorado federal district court under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq, claiming that Employer had engaged in religious discrimination and had retaliated against him for protesting the discrimination. Although Hertz failed to convince the jury of the merits of his discrimination claim, it granted him compensatory damages on his retaliation claim.
To succeed in a Title VII retaliation claim against an employer, a…
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