SMITH v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP.

No. 91-1197.

943 F.2d 164 (1991)

Jane Thayer SMITH, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Chapin Columbia, with whom Karen Quinn, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Alison C. Wetherfield, Martha F. Davis and Now Legal Defense and Education Fund, were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Arlyn H. Weeks, Constance P. O'Neil and Conley, Haley, O'Neil & Kaplan, were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and BOWNES and HILL, Senior Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from an action by Jane Thayer Smith charging Bath Iron Works with constructive discharge under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Smith alleged that sexually explicit graffiti in the men's restroom of the Bath Iron Works shipyard created a work environment so hostile to her that it eventually forced her resignation. The case was tried before a magistrate judge. Bath Iron Works prevailed, and Smith now appeals...

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