MOSES v. BURLEIGH COUNTY

Civ. No. 880042.

438 N.W.2d 186 (1989)

Leora K. MOSES, Plaintiff, Appellant and Cross Appellee, v. BURLEIGH COUNTY and Bob Harvey, personally and in his official capacity as Burleigh County Sheriff, Defendants, Appellees, and Cross Appellants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dietz & Little, Bismarck, for plaintiff, appellant, and cross appellee, argued by Kathryn L. Dietz. Appearances by Stephen D. Little and Leora Moses.

Kapsner & Kapsner, Bismarck, for defendants, appellees, and cross appellants, argued by John C. Kapsner. Appearance by Bob Harvey.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Leora Moses appealed a judgment dismissing her suit against the Sheriff of Burleigh County for breach of an employment contract and for race and sex discrimination. We reverse and remand for a jury trial.

Moses, a black woman, was employed by the Sheriff from April 1983 until she resigned in January 1986. Sheriff's employees customarily began in the jail and moved to other police work. Moses worked in the jail for her entire employment.<...

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