COOPERSMITH v. ROUDEBUSH

No. 74-1776.

517 F.2d 818 (1975)

Arline L. COOPERSMITH, Appellant, v. Richard L. ROUDEBUSH, Individually and as Administrator, Veterans Administration.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Silard, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Betty E. Uhrmacher, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Robert M. Werdig, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., and David T. Stitt, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee.

Marilyn M. Fisher, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Women's Legal Defense Fund, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before MacKINNON and ROBB, and CHRISTENSEN, for the District of Utah.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, an unsuccessful applicant for employment as an Attorney-Advisor with the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) in the Veterans Administration (VA), filed a formal complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of sex. After exhausting her administrative remedies, she brought the instant suit in District Court under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c). The court granted a...

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