Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. Circuit Court
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1984No. Nos. 83-1161 to 83-1163PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Mary Susan Goodwin, a lawyer, claims that she was removed from her position as a hearing officer for the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, because of her sex. She brought this action against the Circuit Court and Judge William M. Corrigan, presiding judge of the Juvenile Division, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.1 A jury awarded plaintiff nominal *543damages of $1 and punitive damages of $1,000 on her § 1983 claim against Judge Corrigan. The District Court2 gave plaintiff a…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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