Court Opinion

ID: 9491532
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:16:37.333135+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:47.937692
License: Public Domain

MURPHY, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the result.
I agree with the result reached by the court, but not with the statements in footnote 4 which rely on prior circuit cases to set out the current governing standards for a sexual harassment case. In Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, — U.S. at ---, 118 S.Ct. at 2283-84, the Supreme Court discussed in considerable detail the standards to be used in determining whether a plaintiff has established an actionable hostile environment claim. Faragher and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth are not just about vicarious liability and an employer’s affirmative defense; they also speak to the other requirements for such a claim. It is to these cases we must now look for guidance in considering a hostile environment case.