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· 3/28/2007

Carla A. Yuknis v. First Student, Inc.

Citations

  • 481 F.3d 552
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 7132
  • 89 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,771
  • 100 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 385
  • 2007 WL 912121

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  • holding that target area harassment can contribute to a hostile work environment
  • opining that the term “second‐hand harassment” performs “no analytic func‐ tion and is better avoided” because it “tends to obscure” im‐ material differences between certain types of harassing con‐ duct
  • noting that there need not be “an intention of causing distress or offense” and that women in a workplace may state a claim for harassment even though “[t]he darts were aimed elsewhere, and hit the women by accident”
  • suggesting, in dicta, that a workplace where “pornographic pictures were exhibited on the walls” might be sufficiently hostile to women to support a claim under Title VII
  • suggesting, in dicta, that a workplace where \pornographic pictures were exhibited on the walls\ might be sufficiently hostile to women to support a claim under Title VII
  • suggesting, in dicta, that a workplace where “pornographic pictures were exhibited on the walls” might be sufficiently hostile to women to support a claim under Title VII

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Judges: Easterbrook, Posner, Evans

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