U.S. v. GREGORY

Nos. 86-3121, 86-3122.

818 F.2d 1114 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jay GREGORY, Sheriff of Patrick County, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jay GREGORY, Sheriff of Patrick County, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Gornstein, Dept. of Justice (William Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen.; Jessica Dunsay Silver, Dept. of Justice on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Anthony Paul Giorno, Co. Atty., for the County of Patrick, Virginia for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, and CHAPMAN Circuit Judges, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, Sitting by Designation.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

The Sheriff of Patrick County, who is the appellee in this case, and his predecessor have failed to employ women in certain deputy positions. The district court, 582 F.Supp. 1319, held that the positions of road deputy, investigator deputy and supervisor deputy in this rural county are within the "personal staff" of the sheriff, thus exempting such positions from the coverage of Title VII. The district...

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