Snell v. Suffolk County

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1986-01-22

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IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that an employee has a right to a working environment free of racial harassment. On this appeal, we are presented with the assertion of this right in an uncommon context. Appellees, sixteen black and Hispanic correction officers, seek to enlist their employer’s aid in cleansing an atmosphere universally recognized as harsh and oft-times cr…

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