Courthouse Gallery

The United States Courthouse was originally built to be the Courthouse, Post Office, and Custom House. Completed in 1932, the building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse was constructed of coral rock mined from the Florida Keys. A unique design feature is a sun motif along the fascia.

The Effects of Litigants' Gender
A recent article by Magnus' Director of Research, Melissa Pigott, Ph.D. and co-author Linda Foley, Ph.D. examined mock jurors' perceptions of male to female and female to male sexual harassment. The article is based on the first experimental study involving a direct comparison of sexual harassment litigants' gender. The results demonstrated that mock jurors' liability and damages decisions were different depending on whether the plaintiff was a man who was harassed by a woman or whether the plaintiff was a woman who was harassed by a man. The research findings reported in the article, published in The Trial Lawyer, have important implications for all types of cases in which gender is a key case issue.

Call Magnus for further information or a copy of the article.