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| | Quinn v. Nassau County Police Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The plaintiff, a homosexual man and a former Nassau County police officer, claims that his fellow police officers and supervisors embarked on a vicious campaign of harassment against him because of his sexual orientation, in violation of 42 U.S.C. Sections 1983 and 1985. |
 | | Section 1982 liability can be imposed upon the employer, the Nassau County Police Department, and the remaining defendant supervisors, for failing to properly investigate and address Quinn's complaints, and permitting the acts of harassment which the supervisors either observed or themselves perpetrated. |
 | | The District Court held that Title VII does not provide a cause of action for harassment or discrimination based upon sexual orientation, reasoning that such conduct is not discrimination "based upon sex," is not otherwise included in the statute, and therefore, does not state a claim under Title VII. |
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