Legal Opinion
Madeline E. Brown v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 24, 2001No. 2000PublishedCited by 628 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Madeline E. Brown, a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service (the “Postal Service”) 1 , was harassed by her co-workers in their Manhattan workplace. The question on appeal is whether this harassment occurred because of Brown’s sex, so as to bring it within the ambit of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1 et seq. The district court concluded that, as a matter of law, it did not. We agree, though on narrower grounds.
Background,
Brown claims that she was subjected to sex discrimination in employment by virtue of a…
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