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PERCY v. ALLEN

472 A.2d 432 (1984)

Lynn A. PERCY v. Donald L. ALLEN, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony, Howison & Landis, Peter J. Landis (orally), Mittel & Hefferan, Michael P. Asen, Portland, for plaintiff.

John E. Carnes, Maine Human Rights Com'n, Augusta, amicus curiae.

Gail Ogilvie (orally), William H. Laubenstein, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff Lynn Percy seeks money damages under the Maine Human Rights Act from the named officials of the Department of Corrections. She contends that her application for employment as a prison guard at the Maine State Prison was rejected on the basis of gender in violation of 5 M.R. S.A. § 4572(1) (1979). This Court vacated a prior judgment of the Superior Court which ruled that defendants' failure to hire any women, including the plaintiff...

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