ABSTRACT

Twenty years ago, in its landmark case, Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment, including a sexually hostile work environment, constitutes unlawful sex discrimination.[1] Responding to these incidents, the Supreme Court offered multiple decisions in the late 1990s and early 2000s that modified sexual harassment laws and might have slowed the number of sexual harassment claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).