Barbara Annis v. County of Westchester, New York Ernest J. Colaneri and Anthony M. Mosca

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• holding that harassment that “transcends coarse, hostile and boorish behavior can rise to the level of a constitutional tort.”
• observing that it is “clear that federal employees are restricted to Title VII when complaining of employment discrimination”
• individuals have a constitutional right under the Equal Protection Clause to be free from some forms of harassment by a public employer
• “There can be no question that defendants . . . are, in their personal capacities, amenable to suit under this statute, inasmuch as they were conducting themselves as supervisors for a public employer and thus were acting under color of state law.”

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