Legal Opinion
Shirley A. Yamaguchi v. United States Department of the Air Force, and Sheila E. Widnall, Officially as Secretary of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1997No. 95-17266PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Shirley Yamaguchi, a civilian Air Force employee, is suing her employer, the Secre tary of the Air Force, under Title VII for sexual harassment and sex discrimination for failure to protect her and respond adequately to the extreme sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a uniformed co-worker.
Yamaguchi filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging sexual harassment and sex discrimination. The EEOC found that she had been subjected to sexual harassment in her workplace but that the employer was not liable because it took…
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