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

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

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.