Legal Opinion
Rogers v. City of New Britain
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 17, 2016No. 3:12-cv-1626 (SRU)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER
Stefan R. Underhill, United States District Judge
Vincent Rogers (or Rodgers)1 is an African American employee of the City of New Britain who has worked for over a decade in its Water Department. He brings this lawsuit against his employer and several supervisors. He pleads a variety of claims, as discussed below, but they are principally claims of a racially hostile work environment and unlawful retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The defendants filed the present motion for summary judgment. For the *349reasons that follow, that motion is…
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