Coramae Ella Gary v. James Edward Long

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that the employer is “alone liable for the violation of Title VII” arising from harassment by a supervisor
• holding that although supervisory employees may be named as parties in Title VII claims, they may not be held personally liable for violations of Title VII
• holding that Title VII only allows for relief against the employer, and not against an employee in his individual capacity whose conduct formed the basis of the claim
• holding that “the obvious purpose” of an analogous “agent provision [in Title VII] was to incorporate respondeat superior liability into the statute” (internal quotation omitted)
• holding that a federal employee's claim against an individual defendant \essentially merges with [his] claim against [the agency]\ because an individual \cannot be held liable in his personal capacity\
• holding that a federal employee’s claim against an individual defendant “essentially merges with [his] claim against [the agency]” because an individual “cannot be held liable in his personal capacity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).