Read Mosby-Grant v. City of Hagerstown, 09-2161

In an African-American female's suit against a city alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and a separate race and sex claims alleging that her instructors and classmates at a police academy created a hostile work environment, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the city is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1) because there is a legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find that plaintiff was the victim of sex-based employment discrimination, the district court erred in granting the city's motion for summary judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff's Title VII claim, as the conduct plaintiff was exposed to was unwelcomed, based on her sex, severe or pervasive enough to alter the conditions of her employment, and directly imputable to her employer; but 2) based on the evidence, a jury could not reasonably find that plaintiff was subject to race-gender based harassment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2010
• Decided 12/20/2010
• Published 12/20/2010

Judges

• GREGORY

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian M. Maul, Matthew Douglas Peter