Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lurie v. Halderman
516 U.S. 1011
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1995-12-04
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- holding that an individual defendant cannot be held personally liable under Title VII and a claim against an individual defendant “essentially merges” with the claim against the agency
- holding that Title VII does not impose individual liability on supervisory employees
- holding that, “while a supervisory employee may be joined as a party defendant in a Title VII action, that employee must be viewed as being sued in his capacity as the agent of the employer, who is alone liable for a violation of Title VII.”
- Title VII does not impose individual liability on supervisory employees
- individual supervisors not personally liable under Title VII
Citator
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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.