Marilyn Minjarez v. United States Postal Service, 01A01779 06-12-03 .Marilyn Minjarez, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

10 Cited authorities

Faragher v. Boca Raton
524 U.S. 775 (1998) Cited 9,411 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
Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth
524 U.S. 742 (1998) Cited 7,188 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"
Williamson v. Tucker
454 U.S. 897 (1981) Cited 668 times
Determining questions under 12(b) rather than 12(b) grants additional protection to plaintiff
Wulf v. City of Wichita
883 F.2d 842 (10th Cir. 1989) Cited 271 times
Holding that allegations in letter to Attorney General that included a report of sexual harassment of an officer by a supervisor involved matters of public concern
Sanchez v. Puerto Rico Oil Co.
37 F.3d 712 (1st Cir. 1994) Cited 226 times
Holding that a remitted award may be overturned if "the reduced figure remains so extravagant as to shock the appellate conscience."
Farpella-Crosby v. Horizon Health Care
97 F.3d 803 (5th Cir. 1996) Cited 171 times
Holding that co-workers comments about plaintiffs sexual activity and proclivity, made two to three times a week and sometimes in front of co-workers, were sufficiently severe and pervasive to create a hostile work environment
Cygnar v. City of Chicago
865 F.2d 827 (7th Cir. 1989) Cited 168 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that evidence that patronage targets' names were known by defendant to be on Democratic Party contributors' list sufficient to support finding that defendant knew, despite his denial, of their political affiliations
U.S. v. Balistrieri
981 F.2d 916 (7th Cir. 1992) Cited 133 times
Holding that a defendant need not actually know that he is violating the Fair Housing Act in order to be found to have discriminated
Busche v. Burkee
649 F.2d 509 (7th Cir. 1981) Cited 99 times 1 Legal Analyses
Discussing Little
Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 Cited 4,994 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"

Marilyn Minjarez v. United States Postal Service, 01A01779 06-12-03 .Marilyn Minjarez, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

10 Cited authorities

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

Determining questions under 12(b) rather than 12(b) grants additional protection to plaintiff

Holding that allegations in letter to Attorney General that included a report of sexual harassment of an officer by a supervisor involved matters of public concern

Holding that a remitted award may be overturned if "the reduced figure remains so extravagant as to shock the appellate conscience."

Holding that co-workers comments about plaintiffs sexual activity and proclivity, made two to three times a week and sometimes in front of co-workers, were sufficiently severe and pervasive to create a hostile work environment

Holding that evidence that patronage targets' names were known by defendant to be on Democratic Party contributors' list sufficient to support finding that defendant knew, despite his denial, of their political affiliations

Holding that a defendant need not actually know that he is violating the Fair Housing Act in order to be found to have discriminated

Discussing Little

Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"