Legal Opinion
Michelle Johnson v. Togo West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 2000No. 98-3903PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Michelle Johnson sued her former employer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging that her supervisor, Karl Williams, sexually harassed her and that the VA retaliated against her for challenging the harassment. Following a bench trial, the district court held that Johnson had been subjected to a hostile work environment but that the VA was protected from liability by the affirmative defense set forth in Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 118 S.Ct. 2257, 141 L.Ed.2d 633 (1998), and…
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