Sandra G. Bundy v. Delbert Jackson, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections

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• finding that “casual or isolated manifestations of a discriminatory environment, such as a few ethnic or racial slurs, may not raise a cause of action” under Title VII
• finding that “casual or isolated manifestations of a discriminatory environment, such as a few ethnic or racial slurs, may not raise a cause of action” under Title VII
• positing that if courts were “to demand more of plaintiffs ... few suits like this could ever proceed, and state sponsors of terrorism could effectively immunize themselves by killing their victims, intimidating witnesses, and refusing to appear in court”
• request for injunctive relief is moot where there is no reasonable expectation that the conduct will recur
• \the question is one of but-for causation: would the complaining employee have suffered the harassment had he or she been of a different gender\
• “the equal harassment of both genders does not escape the purview of Title VII”

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