Legal Opinion
Beckford v. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 2010No. 09-11540, 09-14903PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether the Florida Department of Corrections can be liable, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for failing to remedy a sexually hostile work environment that male inmates created for female employees at Martin Correctional Institution. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l). Melanie Beckford and 13 other women, all former non-security employees at Martin, complained that the Department failed to remedy sexually offensive conduct of inmates, including the frequent use of gender-specific abusive language and pervasive “gunning,” the…
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