VORE v. INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE CO., INC.

No. 93-3706.

32 F.3d 1161 (1994)

Terry VORE, Gerald Wray, Carol Shanafelt, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. DeBoni, Patrick F. O'Leary (argued), Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham, Goshen, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Anthony Prather (argued), Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Indianapolis, IN, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, WOOD, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Federal law provides that an employee is to be free from racial discrimination in the workplace, which includes freedom from a racially-hostile work environment. It does not guarantee a utopian workplace, or even a pleasant one. If the workplace is unsavory for any reason other than hostility generated on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or religion, no federal claim is implicated. In short, personality conflicts between employees are not...

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