Legal Opinion
Winstead v. Lafayette County Board of County Commissioners
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided June 20, 2016No. CASE NO. 1:16CV00054-MW-GRJPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS
Mark E. Walker, United States District Judge
This is an employment discrimination case. Plaintiffs Susan Winstead and Deborah Langford sue the Lafayette County Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) for gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and the Florida Civil Rights Act. ECF No. 13. Langford also brings suit under a theory of sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation discrimination. Plaintiffs allege that their co-worker, Leta Hawkins, and Hawkins’s associate, Travis Sullivan, engaged in two related sets…
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