Legal Opinion
Gunther v. Iowa State Men's Reformatory
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1980No. 79-1332PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff brought an action in federal district court1 alleging the Iowa State Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa (Anamosa) had discriminated against her solely on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e 2 et seq. The district court, in Gunther v. Iowa State Men’s Reformatory, 462 F.Supp. 952 (N.D. Iowa 1979), held that employment practices *1082which prevent women from obtaining jobs above the Correctional Officer I (CO I) level at the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa result in sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII, and the Men’s…
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