Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 13, 1993 Decided November 9, 1993
Full case name	Teresa Harris, Petitioner v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Docket no.	92-1168
Citations	510 U.S. 17 (more) 114 S. Ct. 367; 126 L. Ed. 2d 295
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	976 F.2d 733 (6th Cir. 1992)
Holding
Sexual harassment claims do not require a showing of psychological injury, but only that a reasonable person would find the conduct hostile or abusive.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Scalia
Concurrence	Ginsburg
Laws applied
42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq.

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17 (1993), is a US labor law case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified the definition of a "hostile" or "abusive" work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Court held that a determination about whether a work environment is hostile or abusive requires a consideration of all relevant circumstances.^[1]