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Wilson v. Wayne County

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided May 24, 1994No. 1-92-0148PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

HIGGINS, District Judge.

This is a Title VII sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge action brought by Wendy Lee Wilson and Stevie Burns. Ms. Wilson alleges that Leon “Buddy” Nutt, the sheriff of Wayne County, Tennessee, sexually harassed her while she was working as a dispatcher for the Wayne County Sheriffs Department. Mr. Burns alleges that Sheriff Nutt fired him from his job as a deputy sheriff in retaliation for opposing the harassment of Ms. Wilson.

The plaintiffs originally sued Wayne County, the Wayne County Sheriffs Department, and Sheriff Nutt. They subsequently settled…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Frizzell v. Southwest Motor Freight, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1995
  2. Williams v. Eckerd Family Youth AlternativeDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1995
  3. Black v. Columbus Public SchoolsDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2000
  4. Czupih v. Card Pak Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1996
  5. Bremiller v. Cleveland Psychiatric InstituteDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1995

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