Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit July 24, 2001, 2000 (Madeline E. Brown v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service)

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Madeline E. Brown, a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service (the “Postal

Service”)

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was harassed by her co-workers in their Manhattan workplace. The question on appeal is whether this harassment occurred because of Brown’s sex, so as to bring it within the ambit of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1

et seq.