CHRISTENSEN v. STATE OF IOWA

No. 77-1071.

563 F.2d 353 (1977)

Pauline E. CHRISTENSEN and Phyllis Gohman, Appellants, v. The STATE OF IOWA, the University of Northern Iowa, and the State Board of Regents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan D. Ross, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for appellants; Kathleen W. Peratis, Marjorie M. Smith, Joel Gora, New York City, Thomas L. Staack, David J. Dutton, Waterloo, Iowa, on briefs.

John W. Sabbath, Cedar Falls, Iowa, for appellees; Harold B. Strever, Jr., Wallace B. Reed, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

Vella M. Fink, EEOC, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, on brief.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Judge.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, representatives of a class of female clerical employees at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), commenced this action under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., against UNI, the Iowa State Board of Regents, and the State of Iowa, contending that UNI's practice of paying clerical workers, who are exclusively female, less than the amount it pays physical plant workers, who are predominantly...

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