Mechele Vinson v. Sidney L. Taylor

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents principally the question whether a corporate employer is accountable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1 as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, 2 for its supervisor’s sexual harassment of a woman employee notwithstanding the employer’s lack of actual knowledge therecf. The District Court answered in the negative. 3 We conclude that this holding is inconsistent with the intent of Title VII, and accordingly reverse.

I

We launch our review with a summary of the pertinent facts, as they were accepted…