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I have assignment that brief about Faragher v. Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 case which involves a claim of sexual harassment.

ISSUE:
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COURT DECISION:
COURT RATIONALE:
DISSENTING OPINION:
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Case on Sexual Harassment/l

ISSUE: Is an employer vicariously liable for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor?

FACTS: Faragher and other female guards were subjected to sexually hostile atmosphere and that this conducts constituted discrimination in the privileges, terms and conditions of her employment.

COURT DECISION: The Court of Appeals held that the supervisors were not acting within the scope of their employment. The court concluded that the supervisors' conduct was discriminatory harassment that was sufficiently serious to constitute an abusive environment and to alter the condition of Faragher's employment.

COURT RATIONALE: Faragher argued that the offending supervisors can abuse their authority to keep their subordinates in their presence while they make offensive statements and that they implicitly threaten to misuse their ...

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