Legal Opinion
Walton v. Cowin Equipment Co., Inc.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided April 3, 1990No. 2:89-cr-00263PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ACKER, District Judge.
This action was brought by Regina Thomas Walton against Cowin Equipment Company, Inc., Walton’s employer, under both 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq.). Walton, a black female and long-time Cowin employee, claimed that because of her race she received a rate of pay lower than white employees who performed substantially similar work. She also claimed that she had been retaliated against by Cowin in response to her having filed an EEOC charge.
At the time Walton filed her action, the…
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