Legal Opinion

La Day v. Catalyst Technology, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 19, 2002No. 01-31049PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

' In this title VII case of claimed same-sex harassment, Patrick La Day presented summary judgment evidence that his supervisor, Willie Craft, made obnoxious comments about La Day’s sexuality, inappropriately touched a private part of La Day’s body, and spat tobacco juice on him; Craft also had made crude remarks to other employees and touched them inappropriately.

The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on La Day’s same-sex sexual harassment claim. We conclude, to the contrary, that La Day presented a fact question concerning whether Craft…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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