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Date: 1998Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services  

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  • At issue in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998) was whether an employer could be liable for same-sex sexual harassment. Even though Oncale was not set in a school context, the U.S. Supreme Court's holding that such a claim is actionable should be instructive for all educators.Facts of the CaseJoseph Oncale worked for Sundowner Offshore Services as a roustabout on a Chevron Oil Company oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, as one member of an eight-man crew. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services]

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  • Date: 1998

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LP6XSSRG-7

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