Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Board of Trustees of Keene State College
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 4, 1978No. Nos. 77-1243 and 77-1244PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents important issues relating to the existence of discrimination against women in the awarding of promotions and the fixing of salaries at Keene State College. Dr. Christine Sweeney, a faculty member in the Department of Education at Keene since 1969, failed twice in her efforts to achieve promotion to the rank of full professor before finally succeeding in 1976. Attributing her earlier failures to sexual bias, she seeks a backdating of her promotion to the date of her first attempt and an accompanying adjustment in her salary for the intervening years.…
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