Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth
524 U.S. 742 (1998) Cited 7,099 times 92 Legal AnalysesHolding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"
Brown v. Brody
199 F.3d 446 (D.C. Cir. 1999) Cited 657 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that lateral transfer or the denial thereof, without more, does not constitute an adverse employment action
James Madison Ltd., by Hecht v. Ludwig
82 F.3d 1085 (D.C. Cir. 1996) Cited 679 timesHolding that the right to due process did not require a hearing before the government seized banks and allowed the FDIC to liquidate the banks
Taylor v. Small
350 F.3d 1286 (D.C. Cir. 2003) Cited 389 timesHolding a letter of counseling had no effect on plaintiff's employment status where she continued working in the same position, her salary was unchanged, and her job responsibilities were not significantly modified
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 344,855 times 920 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 90,251 times 91 Legal AnalysesFinding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint