Legal Opinion
Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 13, 1970No. 17517PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents important problems in the construction of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. § 206(d)), which was added as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.).'
The Equal Pay Act prohibits an employer from discriminating “between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees * * * at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex * * * for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Baumgartner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lehmann v. AchesonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by118 opinions
- Thompson v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- John H. Block v. Edwin PotterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor v. The Behrens Drug CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. City Stores, Inc., Doing Business as Loveman'sCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Allegheny County Institution District D/B/A John J. Kane HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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