No. 20-1004
Robert Collier v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health & Hospital System
Tags: civil-rights employment-law extremely-serious-incident hostile-work-environment mere-utterance racial-discrimination racial-epithets title-vii workplace-harassment
Latest Conference:
2021-05-13
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether an employee's exposure to the N-word in the workplace is severe enough to send his Title VII hostile-work-environment claim to a trier of fact.
2. Whether and in what circumstances racial epithets in the workplace are "extremely serious" incidents sufficient to create a hostile work environment under Title VII, rather than nonactionable "mere utterances."
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an employee's exposure to the N-word in the workplace is severe enough to send his Title VII claim to a trier of fact
Docket Entries
2021-05-17
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic GRANTED.
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-23
Reply of petitioner Robert Collier filed.
2021-04-08
Brief of respondent Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health & Hospital System in opposition filed.
2021-03-18
Brief amici curiae of Social Science Experts, Race Equity Scholars, Law Professors, and Civil Rights Entities filed.
2021-03-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2021.
2021-03-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 18, 2021 to April 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-02-16
Response Requested. (Due March 18, 2021)
2021-02-15
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc filed.
2021-02-12
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic.
2021-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health & Hospital System to respond filed.
2021-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2021)
Attorneys
Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health & Hospital System
Joshua James Bennett — Carter Arnett PLLC, Respondent
Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc
Robert Collier
Social Science Experts, Race Equity Scholars, Law Professors, and Civil Rights Entities