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· 7/17/2000

Thomas E. Bowman v. Shawnee State University Jessica J. Jahnke

Citations

  • 220 F.3d 456
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 16678
  • 79 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,240
  • 83 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 858
  • 2000 WL 987841

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that five incidents of harassing conduct occurring over five-year period did not constitute severe or pervasive conduct
  • holding that certain offensive acts could not be considered in the hostile-environment analysis because the plaintiff did not show that the harassment had an anti-male bias
  • holding that allegations of harassment, without evidence of an adverse employment action motivated by sex, cannot support a sexual discrimination claim
  • concluding that five instances of harassing behavior—three of which included a physical invasion—was not “severe or pervasive”
  • holding that “cases where the employment action, while perhaps being materially adverse if permanent, is very temporary also do not constitute materially adverse employment actions”
  • holding that certain offensive acts could not be considered in the hostile-environment analysis because the plaintiff did not show that the harassment had an anti-male bias

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Judges: Merritt, Daughtrey, Magill

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