Phillips v. Taco Bell Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Faragher v. City of Boca Raton · Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. · Monge v. California
Most-quoted passages
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“Factors to consider when determining whether sexual harassment is sufficiently severe or pervasive include: `the frequency of the discriminatory conduct; its severity; whether it is physically threatening or humiliating, or mere offensive utterance; and whether it unreasonably interferes with an employee's work performance.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A delay of three months and seven days between the first incident of harassment and a plaintiff's first complaint of harassment may not alone prove that the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any protective or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]both the physical nature of the incidents and their very number convince this Court that the plaintiff's working environment was significantly affected.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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