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Cite as:  570 U. S. ____ (2013) 

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THOMAS, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 11–556 
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MAETTA VANCE, PETITIONER v. BALL STATE
 
UNIVERSITY 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 

APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
 

[June 24, 2013] 

JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring. 
I  continue  to  believe  that  Burlington  Industries,  Inc.  v. 
Ellerth, 524 U. S. 742 (1998), and Faragher v. Boca Raton, 
524 U. S. 775 (1998), were wrongly decided.  See ante, at 8.  
However,  I  join  the  opinion  because  it  provides  the  nar-
rowest and most workable rule for when an employer may 
be held vicariously liable for an employee’s harassment.