Legal Opinion
Janet Brush v. Sears Holdings Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2012No. 11-10657UnpublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Long considered a formidable weapon against an employer’s unlawful practices in the workplace, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e) et seq., has historically been used by plaintiffs to recover for discrimination on such bases as race, color, sex or national origin. 1 None of those recognized bases for recovery are implicated here. At issue instead is an employee’s termination following a company’s internal investigation into an allegation of workplace sexual harassment. 2 The plaintiff here, though, was neither the employee that complained of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. VinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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