United States Fourth Circuit

In case alleging wrongful discharge based on gender discrimination and retaliation for complaining, summary judgement for defendant former employer is vacated as to plaintiff's Title VII claims as plaintiff has made out a prima facie case of: 1) sex discrimination even though she was fired and her replacement was hired by different decisionmakers; and 2) retaliation as the evidence of her employer's recurring retaliatory animus is sufficient to establish a causal link between her complaint of discrimination and her termination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/05/2007
• Published 03/05/2007

Judges

• Before MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, and N. CARLTON TILLEY, JR., United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation, and THOMAS E. JOHNSTON, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Angela Hope France, Albo & Orlon, L.L.P., Arlington, Virginia, for Appellant.  Beverly W. Garafolo, Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner, L.L.P., Hartford, Connecticut, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Seth C. Berenzweig, Albo & Orlon, L.L.P., Arlington, Virginia, for Appellant.  George L. Washington, Jr., Equant, Inc., Oak Hill, Virginia, for Appellee.