SWEENEY v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE

Nos. 77-1243 and 77-1244.

569 F.2d 169 (1978)

Christine M. SWEENEY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE et al., Defendants, Appellants. Christine M. SWEENEY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Millimet, Manchester, N. H., with whom Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for Board of Trustees of Keene State College et al.

Jack B. Middleton, Manchester, N. H., with whom Robert A. Wells, and McLane, Graf, Greene, Raulerson & Middleton Professional Association, Manchester, N. H., were on brief, for Christine M. Sweeney.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE, Circuit Judge and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents important issues relating to the existence of discrimination against women in the awarding of promotions and the fixing of salaries at Keene State College. Dr. Christine Sweeney, a faculty member in the Department of Education at Keene since 1969, failed twice in her efforts to achieve promotion to the rank of full professor before finally succeeding in 1976. Attributing her earlier failures to sexual bias, she seeks a backdating...

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