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Ctrl-Alt-Delete that theory: Sixth Circuit rejects retaliation claim after arrest over unreturned laptop

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hat escalated quickly.

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university fired its HR director and asked him to return his work laptop. He refused for months. Campus police eventually obtained a felony arrest warrant. When the former employee finally showed up with the laptop, officers arrested him. He then sued for retaliation.

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;DR: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a public university in a Title VII race discrimination

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