City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power v Manhart, (1978). In this case the supreme court ruled that in administration of company pension plan Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for an employer to discriminate against any individual because of an individual’s sex (Egan, 2010).
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, (1986). In this case the court held that Titlve VII prohibits sexual harassment in employment, even if the harassment does not cause a direct financial injury. This was the first time the court recognized a cause of action in regards to sexual harassment based on the creation of a