Legal Opinion
Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 2001No. 00-763PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
This case presents the question whether a front pay award is an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991. We eonelude that it is not.
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Petitioner Sharon Pollard sued her former employer, E. 1 du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), alleging that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment based on her sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,78 Stat. 253,42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq. After a trial, the District Court found that Pollard was subjected to coworker sexual harassment of which her supervisors were aware. The District Court…
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