Mia Macy, Complainant, v. Eric Holder, Attorney General, Department of Justice, (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), Agency.

28 Cited authorities

  1. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc.

    523 U.S. 75 (1998)   Cited 5,281 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hatever evidentiary route the plaintiff chooses to follow, he or she must always prove that the conduct at issue was not merely tinged with offensive . . . connotations"
  2. Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson

    477 U.S. 57 (1986)   Cited 6,586 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sexual harassment may be actionable under Title VII as discrimination on the basis of sex if it is sufficiently severe and pervasive
  3. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins

    490 U.S. 228 (1989)   Cited 4,647 times   162 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer discriminated on the basis of sex when he "act[ed] on the basis of a belief that a woman cannot be aggressive, or that she must not be"
  4. Auto. Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

    499 U.S. 187 (1991)   Cited 358 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hether an employment practice involves disparate treatment through explicit facial discrimination does not depend on why the employer discriminates but rather on the explicit terms of the discrimination"
  5. Johnson v. Transportation Agency

    480 U.S. 616 (1987)   Cited 382 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an affirmative action plan provides a legitimate reason for a hiring decision that considers race or ethnicity
  6. Smith v. City of Salem

    378 F.3d 566 (6th Cir. 2004)   Cited 705 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Title VII prohibits sex stereotyping
  7. Schwenk v. Hartford

    204 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 679 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding the law was clearly established because no reasonable prison guard could have believed it was lawful to "enter the cell of a prisoner ... unzip his pants, expose himself, demand oral sex, and then, after being refused, grab the prisoner, push her up against the bars of the cell, and grind his naked penis into her buttocks"
  8. Nichols v. Azteca Rest. Enters., Inc.

    256 F.3d 864 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 569 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding employer liable where its "solution" failed "to deter future harassment"
  9. Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

    194 F.3d 252 (1st Cir. 1999)   Cited 541 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when an employee with a disability is injured by his employer's failure to provide a reasonable accommodation, no additional showing of animus against persons with disabilities is required for ADA liability
  10. Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.

    400 U.S. 542 (1971)   Cited 259 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it violates Title VII for an employer to have “one hiring policy for women and another for men—each having pre-school-age children.”
  11. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,024 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"