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POWER v. BARRY COUNTY, MICH.

No. G80-97.

539 F.Supp. 721 (1982)

Jane E. POWER, Iris Loftus, Alice Martin, Bonnie A. Smith, Dawn E. Sensiba, and Beverly K. McManaway, Plaintiffs, v. BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; David O. Wood, Sheriff of Barry County; Local 156 of the Fraternal Order of Police and Local 214 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mohney, Goodrich & Titta, P.C., Bruce W. Neckers, Robert D. Vanderlaan, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Charles C. Hawk, Jon G. March, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants Barry County, Michigan and David O. Wood, Sheriff.

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

The Plaintiffs are a group of female employees of the Barry County Sheriff's Department; between 1976 and December 19811, they acted as "matrons" for county prisoners while also carrying out duties as dispatchers. During that time, the county employed an all male staff of "correction officers" who supervised jail inmates. In February of 1980, the Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit naming Barry County...

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