HARRIS v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

No. 09-1446.

LYNETTE HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, A Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and CITY OF BALTIMORE, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and Waste Water, Defendant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN; AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS; CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S LAW CENTER; ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE; COALITION OF LABOR WOMEN; ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE CENTER; EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES; DC EMPLOYMENT JUSTICE CENTER; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN; LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW; WOMEN EMPLOYED; MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND; NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN EQUITY; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORT; NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT; NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION; NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES; NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER; SARGENT SHRIVER NATIONAL CENTER ON POVERTY LAW; SOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW CENTER; UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM; WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joyce E. Smithey , RIFKIN, LIVINGSTON, LEVITAN & SILVER, LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellant.

William Rowe Phelan, Jr. , Justin Sperance Conroy, BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: George A. Nilson , City Solicitor, Cheryl Simpson-Parker , Assistant Solicitor, BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Loretta King , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Dennis J. Dimsey , Linda F. Thome , Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for the United States, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

Jocelyn Samuels , Lara S. Kaufmann , Dina R. Lassow , NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for American Civil Liberties Union, American Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, Asian American Justice Center, DC Employment Justice Center, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, National Employment Law Project, National Employment Lawyers' Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Southwest Women's Law Center, Union for Reform Judaism, and Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Amici Supporting Appellant.

Judith L. Lichtman , Sharyn A. Tejani , Erin Hustings , NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES, Washington, D.C., for American Association of University Women, California Women's Law Center, Coalition of Labor Women, Equal Rights Advocates, National Council Of Jewish Women, and Women Employed, Amici Supporting Appellant.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by unpublished opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Harwell joined.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Lynette Harris ("Harris") challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment on her claims against her employer, Appellee Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (collectively, the "City"), for hostile work environment and failure to promote under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.

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