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Mathew K. Samuel, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Northeast Area), Agency.

01a40751r (E.E.O.C. Aug. 3, 2005)
Mathew K. Samuel, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Northeast Area), Agency.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 240,687 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 220,173 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

  3. Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc.

    510 U.S. 17 (1993)   Cited 12,601 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "no single factor is required" to show a hostile work environment, including "whether [the acts are] physically threatening"

  4. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,458 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be actionable, the alleged conduct "must be extreme" and "the sporadic use of abusive language, gender-related jokes, and occasional teasing" are not enough

  5. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,216 times   93 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"

  6. Clark Cty. Sch. Dist. v. Breeden

    532 U.S. 268 (2001)   Cited 5,516 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the temporal proximity requirement to establish a prima facie case "between an employer's knowledge of protected activity and an adverse employment action as sufficient evidence" must be "very close"

  7. Oliver v. Digital Equipment Corp.

    846 F.2d 103 (1st Cir. 1988)   Cited 413 times
    Holding that discharge over two and one half years after employee filed EEOC complaint was insufficient showing of retaliation to avoid summary judgment for employer