WOOD v. MILLS

Nos. 74-1240 and 74-1241.

528 F.2d 321 (1975)

Jo Ann WOOD and Ardella Fitzpatrick, Appellants, v. Okey A. MILLS, Sheriff of Raleigh County, West Virginia, Appellee. Jo Ann WOOD and Ardella Fitzpatrick, Appellees, v. Okey A. MILLS, Sheriff of Raleigh County, West Virginia, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Cleckley, Morgantown, W. Va. (Donald L. Pitts, Beckley, W. Va., on brief), for Jo Ann Wood and Ardella Fitzpatrick.

William R. Wooton, Asst. Pros. Atty., Beckley, W. Va. (Thomas Canterbury, Pros. Atty., Beckley, W. Va., on brief), for Okey A. Mills, Sheriff.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, and MERHIGE, District Judge.


MERHIGE, District Judge.

Jo Ann Wood and Ardella Fitzpatrick filed this Section 1983 action in October 1972 against Zina French, then the Sheriff of Raleigh County, West Virginia, the Raleigh County Court, and the Commissioners of the County Court attacking alleged discriminatory salary differentials based entirely upon sex, between male and female employees of the County Jail. On October 29, 1973, the District Court dismissed Zina French as a party defendant and...

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