Legal Opinion
Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 20, 2007No. 05-4193PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction
Krystal Etsitty, a transsexual and former employee of Utah Transit Authority (“UTA”), sued UTA and Betty Shirley, her former supervisor, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l) (“Title VII”) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In her complaint, she alleged the defendants terminated her because she was a transsexual and because she failed to conform to their expectations of stereotypical male behavior. She alleged that terminating her on this basis constituted gender discrimination in violation of both Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.…
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