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SHAHAR v. BOWERS

No. 93-9345.

70 F.3d 1218 (1995)

Robin Joy SHAHAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. BOWERS, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra E. Schwartz, Atlanta, GA, William B. Rubenstein, Ruth E. Harlow, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for appellant.

Michael E. Hobbs, Office of State Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, Dorothy Yates Kirkley, Gregory R. Hanthorn, Diane G. Pulley, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, for appellee.

Robert B. Remar, Georgia Kay Lord, Kirwan, Goger, Chesin & Parks, Atlanta, GA, for amicus Georgia Psychological Association.

Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, for amicus AAUP, et al.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

The appellant Robin Joy Shahar is a homosexual female who was offered employment with the Department of Law of the State of Georgia to begin at a future date. She accepted the offer, but before the employment began she made known her plans to engage in a marriage ceremony with her female companion. The Attorney General of Georgia, who has ultimate responsibility for hiring and employment practices of the Department of Law, learned of...

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