Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Florida Steel Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1996PublishedCited by 483 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Chief Justice.
We granted this appeal to determine whether “cold-shoulder treatment” of an employee, which is neither racially nor sexually explicit, may, if based on race or gender, constitute unlawful harassment in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act and the Federal Civil Rights Act.
Plaintiff, Brenda Campbell, an African-American female, brought this employee discrimination action under the Tennessee Human Rights Act and Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act, alleging sexual and racial harassment against her employer, Florida Steel Corporation, based upon the…
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