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United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2019-05-21

Original case on neochart.com

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29 U.S.C. §§ 621–634

Role: applied; posture: Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss retaliation claim; result: claimant-won; claim:

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Case	Element	Holding and scope	Variant	Exact source quotations
/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01 — United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2019	Opposition or participation	satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: pleaded The pleaded retaliation allegation survived the motion to dismiss posture.	participation/eeoc-age-discrimination-charge	Spratt alleges that Bellwood retaliated against her for filing an EEOC complaint Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [6455:6535] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) Spratt's Amended Complaint sufficiently alleges each element of a retaliation claim under the ADEA. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [7368:7467] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)
/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01 — United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2019	Retaliatory causal connection	satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: pleaded Temporal proximity and the alleged nine-month retaliatory course adequately pleaded causation.	causation/charge-followed-by-continuing-pattern	She alleges that within two weeks of receiving her EEOC charge, Bellwood began engaging in a pattern of retaliatory conduct over nine months intended to harass her and cause her emotional distress that culminated in Spratt's constructive discharge. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [8819:9067] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) The Court finds that these allegations sufficiently allege a causal link. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [9213:9286] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)
/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01 — United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2019	Judicial material-adversity standard for retaliation	satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: pleaded The court accepted the pleaded leave, constructive discharge, and termination as materially adverse at Rule 12(b)(6).	retaliation/leave-and-termination-after-charge	Next, she alleges that she suffered a series of adverse employment actions, including putting her on administrative leave, taking legal action against her, changing the educational requirements for her position, constructively discharging her, and terminating her. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [7611:7875] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) An action is materially adverse if it might have 'dissuaded a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination.' Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [7877:8011] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: rule; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) Moreover, Spratt's allegations that she was placed on administrative leave and endured months of adverse workplace conduct following her EEOC charge is sufficient to deter a reasonable employee from engaging in future protected activity. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/0783-01`; Unicode character offsets [8472:8709] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `ae65194fc22e806d299e7b218c92596a3be1c881f1451e66c47790b7cf1aad24`. Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

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