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...Mechelle Vinson, 30, says she had sex with her boss 40 or 50 times because he intimidated her. Standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court last week, she said, "My life was threatened. It was my survival, my livelihood." Surrounded by feminist lawyers who had come to offer support, Vinson turned as one of them declared, "I know a hundred women for every woman like you." Replied Vinson: "They can look at me as an example of hope, and they don't have to live in fear...
...Vinson's sexual harassment case, the first to reach the Supreme Court, came up for oral arguments last week; a ruling is expected by July. Supported by feminists, members of Congress and some unions, Vinson is attempting to broaden employer liability in sex harassment cases. Says Karen Sauvigne, a New York City feminist: "If the Supreme Court reverses the case, it will be a devastating blow to women's rights. It will turn the tide." Many employers, however, fear that a Vinson victory will make companies liable even in harassment cases where no complaint was filed and where top executives...
...September l974, Vinson went to work as a teller trainee at Capital City Federal Savings & Loan Association (now called Meritor) in Washington. She says that the branch manager, Sidney Taylor, coerced her into a sexual relationship, sometimes having sex with her in the bank vault and in a basement storage area. When she pleaded with Taylor to leave her alone, Vinson says, he threatened her job and her life. She never complained to Capital City, and the bank says she rejected two opportunities to transfer to another branch. Vinson's version is that she asked for a transfer...
...Robert Troll Jr., attorney for the bank, argued before the Supreme Court that Vinson "was not the victim of sexual harassment. The bank could not be held liable without being on some form of notice." Vinson's attorney, Patricia Barry, contended that the bank was responsible. To the skepticism of some Justices, she declared, "Sidney Taylor becomes the bank because he is the supervisor...
...performed. Kaye Wiggins, Goldsby's fiancee, who told police that the doctors' offices had been attacked "as a gift to Jesus on his birthday," and Simmons' wife Kathy were given five years' probation and fined $2,000 apiece. The decisions were not as harsh as they seemed. Judge Roger Vinson allowed Goldsby and Simmons, both 21, to serve six ten-year terms concurrently; they could be eligible for parole in as little as two years. The judge also ordered the men to pay $353,074 each as restitution to the doctors whose offices were destroyed. The payments, however, will...