Caronis v. City of Pontiac

Defendant 1 appeals from a summary judgment granted by the Oakland County Circuit Court.

There is little dispute as to the material facts surrounding this controversy. The factual chronology appears as follows: Plaintiff Mary Caronis was hired by the defendant City of Pontiac as a policewoman in 1953. Monetarily, however, she enjoyed a status equivalent to a sergeant in the male part of the department.

This situation prevailed until 1964. During that year, the city reduced plaintiff’s pay rate to that of a patrolman. As a result, plaintiff initiated suit in the Oakland County Circuit Court…