Legal Opinion
David HUEBSCHEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES and Jacquelyn Rader, Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 1983No. 82-3113, 82-3114PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, after a jury trial, awarding the appellee David Huebschen compensatory and punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged sexual harassment perpetrated by his supervisor in the course of his employment. The court also ordered that Huebschen be reinstated at an equivalent position.
The appellants put forth three arguments in urging us to reverse the district court. First, they assert that a claim under section 1983 based upon Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., may not be maintained because Congress intended…
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