Legal Opinion

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McPherson Companies, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided November 14, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2:10-cv-02627-WMAPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM M. ACKER, JR., District Judge.

This Title VII case revolves around repeated churlish, childish, gross, sordid, vulgar, foul, disgusting, profane utterances in the workplace. The question in the case, however, is not how vile and obnoxious this workplace language was. It was vile and obnoxious enough to score nine on a scale of ten. This will become apparent as the story unfolds. The question for the court is rather whether this verbal mayhem morphed from a competition to see who could beat whom in the foul-mouth game into a cause of action under Title VII by an…

2Cases cited34 opinions

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  2. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Price Waterhouse v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Clark County School District v. BreedenSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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  4. EEOC v. Boh Brothers Const Co., L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Boh Bros. Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013

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