Legal Opinion

KAREN VAN ZANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES; And Kenneth Hasan King, Defendants-Appellees

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 28, 1996No. 72, Docket 95-7032PublishedCited by 537 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Karen Van Zant appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (“KLM”), dismissing her complaint, which alleged unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and under New York’s Human Rights Law, N.Y. Exec. Law § 290 et seq. Van Zant’s complaint alleged that KLM fostered a hostile work environment arising from her sexual harassment by a co-worker and then retaliated against her for complaining. The district court (Constance Baker Motley, Judge)…

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3Cited by537 opinions

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