Legal Opinion
Terry Vore, Gerald Wray, Carol Shanafelt v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1994No. 93-3706PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Federal law provides that an employee is to be free from racial discrimination in the workplace, which includes freedom from a raeially-hostile work environment. It does not guarantee a utopian workplace, or even a pleasant one. If the workplace is unsavory for any reason other than hostility generated on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or religion, no federal claim is implicated. In short, personality conflicts between employees are not the business of the federal courts.
Terry Vore, Gerald Wray, Carol Shanafelt, and Dale Lovitt are former employees of Indiana Bell…
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