Legal Opinion
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1986No. 84-1979PublishedCited by 5,021 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
This case presents important questions concerning claims of workplace “sexual harassment” brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq.
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In 1974, respondent Mechelle Vinson met Sidney Taylor, a vice president of what is now petitioner Meritor Savings Bank (bank) and manager of one of its branch offices. When respondent asked whether she might obtain employment at the bank, Taylor gave her an application, which she completed and returned the next day; later that same day Taylor called her to say that she had been hired. With…
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