CROSS v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 92-7005.

49 F.3d 1490 (1995)

Kara CROSS; Debra York, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Martha O'Quinn; Melissa Weltin; Mary Stalnacher; Secunda Davis; Carolyn Thacker, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION; J. Michael Horsley, individually and as Associate Commissioner for the State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation; R. Emmett Poundstone, III, individually and as Associate Commissioner for the State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation; Larry Stricklin, individually and as Facility Director of the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peyton Lacy, Jr., James C. Pennington, Robin W. Andrews, Birmingham, AL, for J. Michael Horsley.

Robert S. Vance, Jr., Edward E. May, Birmingham, AL, for R. Emmett Poundstone, III & Larry Stricklin, individual capacity.

G.R. Trawick, Montgomery, AL, for State of Ala., R. Emmett Poundstone, III & Larry Stricklin, official capacity.

John C. Falkenberry, Fern Singer, Birmingham, AL, for appellees.

Before HATCHETT and COX, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this hostile environment sexual harassment lawsuit, we affirm the district court in part and reverse the district court in part, including its retroactive application of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

FACTS

The Alabama State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is the agency responsible for maintaining and operating various mental health facilities throughout the state. The Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility...

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