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GUNTHER v. COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

No. 76-3448.

602 F.2d 882 (1979)

Alberta GUNTHER, Velence M. Vallance, Marion E. Vanderzanden, Yvonne M. Hatton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, Sheriff Warren Barnes, in his capacity as Sheriff of Washington County, Captain Stan Friese and Sergeant Clarence Ramseth, in their capacities as Washington County Police Officers, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Hewitt, Lindsay, Nahstoll, Hart & Krause, Portland, Ore., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lawrence R. Derr, Washington County Counsel, Hillsboro, Ore., for defendants-appellants.

Before MERRILL and TANG, Circuit Judges and TAYLOR, District Judge.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Alberta Gunther, Velene Vallance, Marion Vanderzanden, and Yvonne Hatton were four women employed as jail matrons1 at the Washington County (Oregon) jail. The plaintiffs guarded the inmates in the female section of the county jail; males were employed at a higher rate of pay to guard the inmates in the male section. The jobs of the plaintiffs and two other matrons, Dorothy Holiday and Donna Firth, were terminated...

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