PRYOR v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

No. 14-1442.

791 F.3d 488 (2015)

Renee PRYOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Spencer Freeman Smith , Smith Patten , San Francisco, California, for Appellant. Jody A. Boquist , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dow W. Patten , Smith Patten, San Francisco, California, for Appellant. Paul E. Bateman , Angela I. Rochester , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.


This case most centrally concerns the question of when an employer may be held liable for a hostile work environment created by an anonymous actor. Renee Pryor, an African-American flight attendant, alleges that her employer, United Airlines, failed to adequately respond to a racist death threat left in her company mailbox...

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