United States Seventh Circuit

In a Title VII sexual discrimination case against plaintiff's employer, a judgment pursuant a jury verdict for defendants is reversed in part where the district court erred in instructing the jury that it could not consider anything that happened to plaintiff before March 29, 2002, approximately 300 days before she filed her charge, and could not consider any incidents related to certain pornographic images. The court reiterates that a hostile working environment is a single unlawful practice under Title VII, and a charge of discrimination based on such a practice covers all events during that hostile environment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2007
• Decided 12/21/2007
• Published 12/21/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard L. Darst (argued), Cohen, Garelick & Glazier, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Anne N. Occhialino (argued), E.E.O.C., Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ellen E. Boshkoff (argued), Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.