Legal Opinion
Brennan v. Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1975No. 73-1261PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCREE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment determining that appellees’ practice of paying higher wages to “male nursing assistants”1 than those paid to “nurse assistants” who are female does not violate the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)(1), (3)2 because the wage differential was justified by differences in skill, effort, and responsibility and by dissimilarities in working conditions.3 This appeal requires us to examine the district court’s findings of fact to determine whether they are supported by the evidence, and whether they permit, as a matter of law, its…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor v. The Behrens Drug CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Brookhaven General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Cross-Appellee v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Frankie Odomes, Cross-Appellant v. Nucare, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Central Kansas Medical CenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. South Davis Community Hospital, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Denise Bence v. Detroit Health CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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