Legal Opinion
Denise MARKHAM, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Francis E. WHITE, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 1999No. 97-3060, 97-3086PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s decision to deny qualified immunity to a group of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) in a suit claiming that the agents created a sexually hostile environment for police officer trainees, in violation of the plaintiffs’ right to equal protection. Although the agents attack that decision on a number of grounds, their principal argument is that they would not have known at the time either that their behavior amounted to sexual harassment, or that the plaintiffs’ right to a harassment-free…
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