Legal Opinion
Henry v. Milwaukee County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2008No. 07-2534PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 1997, Milwaukee County’s Juvenile Detention Center instituted a policy that required each unit of the facility to be staffed at all times by at least one officer of the same sex as the detainees housed on that unit. Because there were far more male units than female units at the facility, this policy had the effect of reducing the number of shifts available for female officers. Ersol Henry and Terri Lewis, both female officers at the facility, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging sex discrimination and…
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