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Taveah George, Complainant, v. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

07A30079 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 21, 2004)
Taveah George, Complainant, v. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

11 Cited authorities

  1. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,316 times   100 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

  2. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,129 times   92 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"

  3. Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson

    477 U.S. 57 (1986)   Cited 6,505 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

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

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,575 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 "

  5. Pullman-Standard v. Swint

    456 U.S. 273 (1982)   Cited 1,614 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"

  6. Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura

    477 U.S. 299 (1986)   Cited 1,320 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that damages awards under section 1983 "may include not only out-of-pocket loss and other monetary harms, but also such injuries such as . . . mental anguish and suffering"

  7. Ray v. Henderson

    217 F.3d 1234 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 1,279 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that for purposes of a Title VII retaliation claim, "an action is cognizable as an adverse employment action if it is reasonably likely to deter employees from engaging in protected activity"

  8. Drake v. Minn. Mining Mfg. Co.

    134 F.3d 878 (7th Cir. 1998)   Cited 622 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a white employee may sue under Title VII for discrimination against him resulting from his friendship with black co-workers

  9. Henson v. City of Dundee

    682 F.2d 897 (11th Cir. 1982)   Cited 977 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

  10. West v. Gibson

    527 U.S. 212 (1999)   Cited 112 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "appropriate remedies" in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–16(b) includes remedies not expressly enumerated

  11. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 4,953 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"