Legal Opinion
County of Washington v. Gunther
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 8, 1981No. 80-429PublishedCited by 495 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question presented is whether § 703 (h) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 267, 42 U. S. C. §2000e-2(h), restricts Title VII’s prohibition of sex-based wage discrimination to claims of equal pay for equal work.
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This case arises over the payment by petitioner County of Washington, Ore., of substantially lower wages to female *164guards in the female section of the county jail than it paid to male guards in the male section of the jail.1 Respondents are four women who were employed to guard female prisoners and to carry out certain other functions in the jail.2 In January…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dothard v. RawlinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by495 opinions
- Lillian Kachmar v. Sungard Data Systems, Inc. Lawrence A. Gross Donna J. PedrickCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Cora Aldrich v. Randolph Central School District and Cattaraugus County Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Dr. Julia Elizabeth Berry v. The Board of Supervisors of L.S.U., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- 29 Fair empl.prac.cas. 442, 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,851, 10 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1410 Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen, Nathaniel Cooper and W. E. Parker, Cross-Appellants v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada, Cross-Appellee. Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Co., Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Karen Miranda v. B & B Cash Grocery Store, Inc., Karen Miranda v. B & B Cash Grocery Store, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
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