Legal Opinion
Steele v. Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 1989No. 88-3141PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this Title VII sexual harassment case, we affirm the district court’s ruling that the corporate employer is not liable for the unlawful actions of its supervisor. Nevertheless, we remand the case to the district court on attorneys’ fees issues.
I. FACTS
Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc. (OSI) builds and repairs offshore commercial vessels in Palatka, Florida. McCallister Brothers, Inc. (McCallister), a New York corporation, owns OSI. When building a vessel, OSI employs up to 350 people. Until 1984, these employees enjoyed a great deal of freedom. They entered and left the…
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