Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
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Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson is a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case that first recognized workplace sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination actionable under Title VII.
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| Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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employment discrimination case ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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labor and employment law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1986-03-25 ⓘ |
| citation | 477 U.S. 57 ⓘ |
| clarified |
that the correct inquiry is whether conduct was unwelcome, not whether the employee participated
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that voluntariness is not a defense if sexual advances are unwelcome ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1986-06-19 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 84-1979 ⓘ |
| established | standards for employer liability for acts of supervisors under Title VII ⓘ |
| fullName |
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| holding |
Sexual harassment that creates a hostile or abusive work environment is actionable under Title VII even without economic or tangible job detriment
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits hostile work environment sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination
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| issue |
What standard governs employer liability for supervisor sexual harassment under Title VII
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Whether a claim of hostile environment sexual harassment is cognizable under Title VII ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
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Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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employer liability for supervisor harassment ⓘ hostile work environment ⓘ workplace sexual harassment ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| page | 57 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Meritor Savings Bank, FSB ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
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Faragher v. City of Boca Raton ⓘ Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. ⓘ |
| recognized | hostile work environment theory of sexual harassment under Title VII ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
first Supreme Court case to hold that workplace sexual harassment is sex discrimination under Title VII
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landmark decision on workplace sexual harassment ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
hostile work environment sexual harassment
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quid pro quo sexual harassment ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Mechelle Vinson ⓘ |
| volume | 477 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1986 ⓘ |
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