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TOWNSEND v. BENJAMIN ENTERPRISES, INC.

Docket Nos. 09-0197-cv(L), 09-4509-cv(XAP).

679 F.3d 41 (2012)

Martha Diane TOWNSEND, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee, Karlean Victoria Grey-Allen, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. BENJAMIN ENTERPRISES, INC., Hugh Benjamin, Michelle Benjamin, Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Bergstein , Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Karlean Victoria Grey-Allen and Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee Martha Diane Townsend.

Richard G. Kass , Amy M. Culver , Of Counsel, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Benjamin Enterprises, Inc., Hugh Benjamin, and Michelle Benjamin.

Gail S. Coleman , Attorney, P. David Lopez , General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis , Acting Associate General Counsel, Carolyn L. Wheeler , Assistant General Counsel, for Amicus Curiae U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Margaret McIntyre , for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association, New York.

Judge LOHIER concurs in a separate opinion.

JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:

Among other issues, this appeal requires us to answer two questions of first impression in this Court: first, whether there is a viable claim of retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ("Title VII"), for participating in an internal employer investigation prior to any proceeding before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"); and, second, whether an...

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