Its ruling settles one of the issues raised by the sexual harassment suit but others must be considered by an appellate court before the case can go to trial.

• 加州最高法院的这项裁定解决了这起性骚扰案件引发的诸多问题之一，但其它问题必须留待上诉法庭考虑，随后才能审理这起案件。