Torres v. Pisano

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that employer is charged with knowledge of person who has a duty to inform the company of harassment
• concluding that “general allegations of constant abuse” 8 create a jury question as to severity and pervasiveness “even in the absence of specific details about 9 each incident”
• noting that management level officials include “non-management employees charged with substantial responsibility for relaying employee complaints to management, particularly where management is located away from the workplace”
• finding that for purposes of summary judgment, claims of constant sexual comments sufficient to raise issue of genuine 4 In their reply to plaintiff’s objection (document n o . 5 6
• noting the standards for evaluating hostile environment claims are the same whether the alleged discrimination is based on race or sex
• finding defendant employer response was reasonable where the victim’s complaints “did not come close to conveying the full extent of the abuse” to defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

156 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 6,226×
• Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 4,775×
• Shelley Weinstock v. Columbia University
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-23· cited 1,405×
• Terry v. Ashcroft
  Second Circuit· 2003-07-17· cited 810×
• Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2010-06-29· cited 625×
• Jocelyn Whidbee, Shirlene Tranquille v. Garzarelli Food Specialties, Inc., Ed and John Garzarelli, Owners
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-14· cited 549×
• Gregory v. Daly
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-27· cited 523×
• Summa v. Hofstra University
  Second Circuit· 2013-02-21· cited 511×
• Nicole Schiano v. Quality Payroll Systems, Inc. And Michael Tintweiss, Docket No. 05-4115 Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-04-24· cited 443×
• Raspardo v. Carlone
  Second Circuit· 2014-10-06· cited 423×
• Lisa L. Fitzgerald v. William Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
  Second Circuit· 2001-05-31· cited 413×
• Martha Ellen Brennan v. Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., David Kneuss, Joseph Volpe
  Second Circuit· 1999-09-21· cited 364×
• Rojas v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
  Second Circuit· 2011-10-04· cited 361×
• Harvill v. Westward Communications, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-12-13· cited 349×
• Redd v. New York Division of Parole
  Second Circuit· 2012-05-04· cited 321×
• Townsend v. BENJAMIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
  Second Circuit· 2012-05-09· cited 234×
• Walsh v. New York City Housing Authority
  Second Circuit· 2016-07-07· cited 224×
• Jeffries v. State of Kansas
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-06-17· cited 180×
• Billie R. Banks v. General Motors, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2023-09-07· cited 163×
• Chiara v. Town of New Castle
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-01-14· cited 154×

Cites

57 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-11-09· cited 8,430×
• Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 5,248×
• Carole Tomka v. The Seiler Corporation, Daniel Lucey, David Polonsky and Timothy Conroy
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-27· cited 1,260×
• Andrews v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1990-02-08· cited 1,115×
• KAREN VAN ZANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES; And Kenneth Hasan King, Defendants-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1996-03-28· cited 559×
• Joann S. Reed, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. A.W. Lawrence & Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-11· cited 519×
• Valerie A. Baskerville v. Culligan International Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-03-20· cited 505×
• Kerry Ellison v. Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-02-05· cited 498×
• Anne Dey v. Colt Construction & Development Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-08-26· cited 464×
• Patricia Fuller v. City of Oakland, California George Hart Antonio Romero
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-04-24· cited 406×
• Alvin Hunter v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Engine Division, and Andre J. Lambert, Defendants
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-07-30· cited 363×
• Darla G. Hall, Patty J. Baxter and Jeannette Ticknor v. Gus Construction Co., Inc. And John Mundorf
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-03-25· cited 362×
• Pamela Kotcher and Barbara Davis, Pamela Kotcher v. Rosa and Sullivan Appliance Center, Inc., and Herbert Trageser
  Second Circuit· 1992-02-24· cited 353×
• James West v. Philadelphia Electric Company
  Third Circuit· 1995-01-19· cited 326×
• Coramae Ella Gary v. James Edward Long
  D.C. Circuit· 1995-07-28· cited 325×
• Torres v. Pisano
  Second Circuit· 1997-06-03· cited 283×
• Sharon Karibian v. Columbia University, John Borden, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Appellees v. Mark Urban, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-25· cited 277×
• Charlotte Lynn Rawlins YATES and Cheryl Jenkins Mathis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AVCO CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-05-21· cited 273×
• Lazard Freres & Co., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Protective Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1997-03-26· cited 245×
• Patricia Murray v. New York University College of Dentistry
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-16· cited 228×