BOYER v. UNITED STATES

No. 2022-1822.

LESLIE BOYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LACHLAN W. SMITH , Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher & Goldfarb LLC, Birmingham, AL, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JON C. GOLDFARB .

KARA WESTERCAMP , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON , CLAUDIA BURKE , PATRICIA M. McCARTHY .

DEBRA D'AGOSTINO, The Federal Practice Group, Washington, DC, for amici curiae A Better Balance, American Medical Women's Association, California Women Lawyers, California Women's Law Center, Center for Women's Health & Human Rights, Suffolk University, Chicago Foundation for Women, Clearinghouse on Women's Issues, Desiree Alliance, Equal Rights Advocates, Faith Action for All, Feminist Majority Foundation, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Human Rights Campaign, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, In the Public Interest, Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute, International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law, Lawyers Club of San Diego, Legal Aid at Work, Legal Momentum, the Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, National Association of Women Lawyers, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, National Consumers League, National Crittenton, National Employment Lawyers Association, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Women's Law Center, National Womens Political Caucus, Queen's Bench Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Reproaction, Service Employees International Union, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, SisterReach, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Women Employed, Women Lawyers On Guard Inc., Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Women's Law Center of Maryland, Women's Law Project, Women's Media Center. Also represented by JANEI AU ; GAYLYNN BURROUGHS , SUNU CHANDY , PHOEBE WOLFE , National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC.

Before DYK, CHEN, and STOLL,


Dr. Leslie Boyer brought suit against the United States, claiming a violation of the Equal Pay Act ("EPA"), 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)(1), because the government set her pay unequally compared to a male comparator. The Court of Federal Claims ("Claims Court") granted summary judgment to the United States on the ground that, under...

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