United States Sixth Circuit

Title VII prohibits sexual harassment only to the extent that it constitutes gender discrimination and does not cover same sex horseplay even if there is an offensive sexual element.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2001
• Decided 09/21/2001
• Published 09/21/2001

Judges

• Before: GUY, NORRIS, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carolyn L. Wheeler (briefed), Paula Bruner (argued and briefed), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Katharine W. Koreas, Celia S. Liner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant., Michael L. Weinman (argued and briefed), Tatum & Weinman, Henderson, TN, for Intervenor-Appellee., Thomas L. Henderson (briefed), Frederick J. Lewis (argued), John Morris Russell (briefed), Lewis, Fisher, Henderson & Claxton, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.