Legal Opinion
Zoe Spencer v. Virginia State University
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2019No. 17-2453PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge:
Dr. Zoe Spencer, a sociology professor at Virginia State University, sued the University under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII for paying her less than two male professors, allegedly because she is a woman.
Spencer earned about $ 70,000 per year-a median salary when compared to the men who were also full professors in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice. But Spencer's lawsuit proposes comparing her pay to that of two former University administrators, Drs. Michael Shackleford and Cortez Dial, who each earned over $ 100,000 per year as…
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