STATHOS v. BOWDEN

No. 82-1777.

728 F.2d 15 (1984)

Stella STATHOS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Russell E. BOWDEN, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. O'Keefe, Peabody, Mass., with whom Murphy, Ryan & O'Keefe, Peabody, Mass., and Christine A. McClave, Woburn, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

G. Rosalyn Johnson, Lynn, Mass., with whom Kevin G. Powers and Johnson & Powers, P.C., Lynn, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and MALETZ, Senior Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Stella Stathos and Gloria Bailey sued the Peabody Municipal Lighting Commission (a governmental body) and several of its elected Commissioners, charging discrimination on the basis of sex. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants' actions violated both 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which makes it unlawful for any person acting under color of state law to deprive "any citizen ... of any rights ... secured by the Constitution ...," and 42 U...

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