No. 20-1004

Robert Collier v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health & Hospital System

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
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 BennettCarter Arnett PLLC, Respondent
Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic
Edward Henderson Williams IIHoward University School of Law, Amicus
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc
Jennifer A. HolmesNAACP Legai Defense & Educationai Fund. inc., Amicus
Robert Collier
Brian WolfmanGeorgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, Petitioner
Social Science Experts, Race Equity Scholars, Law Professors, and Civil Rights Entities
Kelly M. DermodyLieff Cabraser Heimann @ Berstein LLP, Amicus