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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. AutoZone, Inc.
6th CircuitJune 9, 2017No. 16-6387Cited 21 times
Defendant WinAutoZone, Inc.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Gibbons, Sutton, Cook
- Status
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 6th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Harassment
Outcome
The court affirmed summary judgment for AutoZone, holding that the store manager was not a supervisor under Title VII because he lacked authority to take tangible employment actions against the harassed employees, and even if he were a supervisor, AutoZone established an affirmative defense.
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