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Article: Supreme Court answers sexual harassment questions
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- National NOW Times
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright National Organization for Women, Inc. Summer 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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As the media and the public grapple with the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, the military and maybe even the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court has chosen to take on this crucial issue itself, offering further clarification for the harassed, the accused, their employers and their counsel.
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court confirmed the expansive scope of sexual harassment law by ruling that same-sex sexual harassment constitutes illegal discrimination. Three other sexual harassment cases dealing with questions of employer liability will also be decided before the justices ' session concludes this summer.
In March, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Oncale v. ...