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Joan E. Klar, Appellant, v. Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Agency.

01986809_r (E.E.O.C. Aug. 31, 1999)
Joan E. Klar, Appellant, v. Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc.

    510 U.S. 17 (1993)   Cited 12,601 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. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,216 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"

  3. Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson

    477 U.S. 57 (1986)   Cited 6,582 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. 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