WARD v. AUTOZONERS, LLC

Nos. 18-2100, 18-2170.

958 F.3d 254 (2020)

Keith WARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AUTOZONERS, LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Supporting Appellee. Keith Ward, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AutoZoners, LLC, Defendant-Appellee. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Tracy Elizabeth Kern , JONES WALKER LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Rebecca Joan Houlding , Giselle Brianceschi Schuetz , FRIEDMAN & HOULDING LLP, Mamaroneck, New York, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Phillip Matthew Kovnat , UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Laurie M. Riley , JONES WALKER LLP, Miami, Florida, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Shilpa Narayan , FRIEDMAN & HOULDING LLP, Mamaroneck, New York, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. James L. Lee , Deputy General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , Associate General Counsel, Sidney A.R. Foster , Assistant General Counsel, UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion in which Judge Agee and Judge Quattlebaum joined.


Before us is a matter arising from a jury verdict rendered in a sexual harassment case. In 2012, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee AutoZoners, LLC (AutoZone) hired Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Keith Ward as a part-time employee at its Whiteville, North Carolina store. Months later, the same AutoZone store hired Christina...

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