PURYEAR v. COUNTY OF ROANOKE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jim Harold Guynn, Jr., Guynn & Dillon, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant. Jane Anne Harden, Arthur P. Strickland, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee. Julie Loraine Gantz, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Commission.

ON BRIEF: C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Commission. Jeffrey G. Huvelle, Carolyn F. Corwin, Thomas W. Beimers, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Committee.

Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.