United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a suit by a female city employee for Title VII and Equal Protection violations is reversed where issues of fact existed concerning: 1) whether plaintiff's supervisor was on notice of sexual harassment; 2) existence of a hostile work environment; and 3) intent of a supervisor to condone harassment. The decision is affirmed where one supervisor was not on notice of the harassment and there was no widespread city practice that encourage harassment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/03/2006
• Decided 06/27/2006
• Published 06/27/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward T. Stein (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ruth F. Masters (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Donald J. Angelini, Jr. (argued), Angelini & Angelini, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.