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Dixie Lee Anders, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01970893 (E.E.O.C. Aug. 10, 2000)
Dixie Lee Anders, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

10 Cited authorities

  1. Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc.

    510 U.S. 17 (1993)   Cited 12,670 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "no single factor is required" to show a hostile work environment, including "whether [the acts are] physically threatening"

  2. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,490 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be actionable, the alleged conduct "must be extreme" and "the sporadic use of abusive language, gender-related jokes, and occasional teasing" are not enough

  3. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,242 times   93 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"

  4. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc.

    523 U.S. 75 (1998)   Cited 5,305 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hatever evidentiary route the plaintiff chooses to follow, he or she must always prove that the conduct at issue was not merely tinged with offensive . . . connotations"

  5. Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson

    477 U.S. 57 (1986)   Cited 6,603 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sexual harassment may be actionable under Title VII as discrimination on the basis of sex if it is sufficiently severe and pervasive

  6. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,876 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

  7. Universal Camera Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,683 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "

  8. Henson v. City of Dundee

    682 F.2d 897 (11th Cir. 1982)   Cited 982 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a supervisor makes sexual overtures to employees of both genders, or where the conduct is equally offensive to male and female workers, the conduct may be actionable under state law, but it is not actionable as harassment under Title VII because men and women are accorded like treatment

  9. Johnson v. Bunny Bread Co.

    646 F.2d 1250 (8th Cir. 1981)   Cited 335 times
    Holding racial comments that are merely part of casual conversation or are sporadic do not trigger Title VII's sanctions

  10. Walker v. Ford Motor Co.

    684 F.2d 1355 (11th Cir. 1982)   Cited 158 times
    Holding that plaintiff established hostile environment where racial harassment made plaintiff “feel unwanted and uncomfortable in his surroundings,” even though it was not directed at him