Employee Stated Prima Facie Title VII Retaliation Claim
In this case, the United States District Court
held that an African-American plaintiff stated a prima facie Title VII
retaliation claim. The employee's "threat" to obtain legal counsel in order to
sue the employer for race discrimination was protected conduct, and a Caucasian
supervisor's reference to the employee's protected conduct in the same document
in which he recommended that the employee be demoted satisfied the causal link
element.
Williams v. Alabama Dep't. of Transp.