Paul Stone sued his employer for assault and battery due to the actions of several of his female co-workers. While gathered around the coffee machine each morning, they would whistle at him, make lewd comments, and touch and pinch him. When the case was dismissed from the state circuit court, Stone appealed. The intermediate court of appeals sustained the result in the lower court, and Stone appealed to the state supreme court. When the state supreme court also sustained, Stone sought to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Are there any federal issues in this case that would allow the U.S. Supreme Court to take jurisdiction? What might prevent the nation’s highest court from doing so?
