Legal Opinion
Tonia Royal v. CCC&R Tres Arboles, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2013No. 12-11022PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
We learn from this Title VII appeal that Tonia Royal worked at an apartment complex for only four days before she was fired by defendant CCC & R. During this brief time, she was regularly visited in her small office by two maintenance men who hovered over her and sniffed her in a sexually suggestive manner. When she complained to her superiors about this behavior, she was then fired for unspecific reasons.
This appeal arises from the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her complaint on the grounds that the alleged misconduct was not objectively…
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