HEATH v. BD. OF SUPERVISORS FOR SOUTHERN UNIV.

No. 16-30625.

850 F.3d 731 (2017)

Panagiota HEATH, also known as Penney Heath, Plaintiff-Appellant v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR the SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE; Mostafa Elaasar, in his official and personal capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Edward Williams , Law Office of Dale Edward Williams, Covington, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Elizabeth O'Connell Clinton , William Peter Connick, Sr. , Connick & Connick, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

James Mark Tucker , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Panagiota Heath is a math professor at Southern University's New Orleans campus. When Mostafa Elaasar became her supervisor in 2003, she alleges he began a campaign of harassment that continued through the filing of this lawsuit a decade later. She seeks to hold the school liable for the harassment under Title VII and...

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