Legal Opinion
Power v. Barry County, Mich.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided June 1, 1982No. G80-97PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs are a group of female employees of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department; between 1976 and December 1981 1 , they acted as “matrons” for county prisoners while also carrying out duties as dispatchers. During that time, the county employed an all male staff of “correction officers” who supervised jail inmates. In February of 1980, the Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit naming Barry County, Michigan, and David 0. Wood, Sheriff of Barry County as Defendants; later, they amended the Complaint, naming Local 156 of the Fraternal Order of Police, and Local 214…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- 26 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1230, 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,101 Jeanine W. Wilkins and Sharon D. Hill v. The University of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Archangel Angelo v. Bacharach Instrument Company, a Division of American Bosch Arma Corporation, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Margaret Spaulding, and James Bush, Intervenors-Appellants v. University of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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- Margaret Spaulding, and James Bush, Intervenors-Appellants v. University of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Bohm v. L.B. Hartz Wholesale Corp.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
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