1. Is this a criminal case or a civil-law case? How can you tell?
2. Is the court concerned with making a procedural rule here, or is the court making a statement about the substantive law?
3. Is this a case where the court is interpreting the Constitution, a federal statute, a state statute, or the common law?
4. InHarris v. Forklift, what if the trial judge does not personally agree that women should have any rights to equal treatment in the workplace?
5. Why shouldn't that judge dismiss the case even before trial?
6. Or should the judge dismiss the case after giving the female plaintiff her day in court?
7. What was the employer's argument in this case?
8. Do you agree or disagree with it?
9. What if those who legislated Title VII gave no thought to the question of seriousness of injury at all?