Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aetna Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1980No. 79-1086PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The Secretary of Labor, 1 on behalf of Nellie Barratt, an insurance underwriter for Aetna Insurance Company (“Aetna”), brought an action under section 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 217, to enjoin Aetna from violating the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 206(d), and to recover from Aetna unpaid wages due under the Act. The Secretary alleged that Aetna was discriminating against Barratt on the basis of sex because a male employee, who performed the same job as she, was paid more. The District Court (Warriner, J.) found that Barratt and the male employee…
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