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RIDER v. COM. OF PA.

No. 87-5492.

850 F.2d 982 (1988)

RIDER, Barry L., Charles, Kenneth L., Foust, Alan L., Ellis, Stephen, Keen, Stephen F., Larison, Ronald E., Markley, Joseph P., Miller, Donald R. Jr., Singer, Blaine L., Smith, Clare, Executrix of the Estate of Leonard Smith, Smith, LaRue D., Thomas, Daniel H., Trutt, Blaine A., Williams, John Thomas and Vetter, Jon F., individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Jeffes, Glenn R., Commissioner of PA Bureau of Corrections; Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections; Goolsby, Ann M., Superintendent of Muncy Correctional Institution; Andrews, J.L., Personnel Officer of Muncy Correctional Institution, Millett, John E., Executive Director PA Civil Service Commission; Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford A. Rieders, Jeffrey J. Crossland (argued), Rieders, Travis, Mussina Humphrey & Harris, Williamsport, Pa., for appellants.

LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Amy Zapp, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Gregory R. Neuhauser, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Andrew S. Gordon, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Litigation, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, SCIRICA and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

Barry L. Rider and fourteen other male prison guards (referred to collectively as "the male guards") commenced this action against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and state agencies and officials challenging the hiring of only female guards for certain guard positions at the State Correctional Institution in Muncy, Pennsylvania, as violative of Title VII of the Civil...

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