Patricia A. Torre v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.

Whether the District Court (and the Eighth Circuit) erred by selecting three instances of explicit sexual conduct as an insufficient basis to support a hostile work environment claim when the former employee provided extensive evidence of non-sexual conduct as the basis for her claim. Whether the District Court (and the Eighth Circuit) ignored principles of stare decision and established a new test for retaliation, when it found no evidence of “comparators” rather than applying the correct “but for” analysis. Whether the District Court (and the Eighth Circuit) failed to adhere to well-established principles of summary judgment analysis by failing to view the facts in a light most favorable to Torre, as the non-moving party.