Don Gordon v. William Heath
Case Details
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- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- Maryland
- Circuit
- Fourth Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to Sergeant Heath on plaintiffs' Title VII and § 1981 hostile work environment claims, finding that Black officers plausibly alleged their supervisor's participation in and tacit authorization of a racially hostile work environment based on exclusion from communications, denial of overtime opportunities, and failure to address a racially offensive image of George Floyd.
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