Legal Opinion
Snell v. Suffolk County
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 1986No. Nos. 558, 687, Dockets 85-7455, 85-7499PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that an employee has a right to a working environment free of racial harassment. On this appeal, we are presented with the assertion of this right in an uncommon context. Appellees, sixteen black and Hispanic correction officers, seek to enlist their employer’s aid in cleansing an atmosphere universally recognized as harsh and oft-times cruel — a prison facility. Acknowledging that racial slurs in prisons are often difficult to control, we nevertheless believe the County’s prior efforts must be augmented, and…
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