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MIETH v. DOTHARD

Civ. A. No. 75-433-N.

418 F.Supp. 1169 (1976)

Brenda M. MIETH and Dianne K. Rawlinson, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. E. C. DOTHARD, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Public Safety, his agents, servants, assigns, and successors in office, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted November 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Carroll, Pamela S. Horowitz, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Morris S. Dees, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Larry R. Newman, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., David G. Flack, State Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, Ala., for the Board of Corrections and its members.

E. Ray Acton, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ala., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants Dothard, Frazer, Adams, Wilson, Anderson, Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission, Hobbie, Wright, Kentrell, Cooper, Hearn, Wilkins and Jackson.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON and VARNER, District Judges.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted November 29, 1976. See 97 S.Ct. 483.

PER CURIAM:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This class action is brought by two women whose applications for employment with the Department of Public Safety and the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama were denied on account of their failure to meet minimum weight and height requirements. Plaintiffs contend that these height and weight requirements and the assignment policies of the Board...

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