Legal Opinion
Gunther v. County of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1979No. 76-3448PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Alberta Gunther, Velence Val-lance, Marion Vanderzanden, and Yvonne Hatton were four women employed as jail matrons1 at the Washington County (Oregon) jail. The plaintiffs guarded the inmates in the female section of the county jail; males were employed at a higher rate of pay to guard the inmates in the male section. The jobs of the plaintiffs and two other matrons, Dorothy Holiday and Donna Firth, were terminated when the County decided to move the women prisoners into a facility in an adjacent county.
The plaintiffs sued the County, Sheriff Warren Barnes,…
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- 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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3Cited by110 opinions
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- Forsberg v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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