Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 27, 1997No. 96-1464PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Certain defendants in a sexual harassment lawsuit appeal the district court’s denial of their summary judgment motions. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I

In September, 1994, a series of incidents occurred that Michelle Crawford believes constituted “quid pro quo ” sexual harassment of her by Michael Davis, one of her instructors at the University of Central Arkansas (“UCA”). After turning to several other professors at UCA for help and after filing, an informal complaint against Mr. Davis, Ms. Crawford ultimately initiated a formal grievance under…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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3Cited by59 opinions

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  3. Dr. Iris I. Varner, and United States of America, Intervening v. Illinois State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Portz v. St. Cloud State Univ. & Minn. State Colls. & UniversitiesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2018
  5. Ardeshir Goshtasby, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998

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