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    Helen Fury and 18 other female employees sued Wood County, West Virginia alleging sex-based employment discrimination under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The plaintiffs, who worked in either the Sheriff's office or Circuit Court Clerk's office, claimed they were paid less than a male employee in the separate County Clerk's office. The district court denied the claims, finding the plaintiffs could not compare themselves to an employee in a different county office. The court also denied the Title VII claim, finding no proof of intentional discrimination or that a neutral policy had a disparate impact. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling.

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    Helen Fury and 18 other female employees sued Wood County, West Virginia alleging sex-based employment discrimination under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The plaintiffs, who worked in either the Sheriff's office or Circuit Court Clerk's office, claimed they were paid less than a male employee in the separate County Clerk's office. The district court denied the claims, finding the plaintiffs could not compare themselves to an employee in a different county office. The court also denied the Title VII claim, finding no proof of intentional discrimination or that a neutral policy had a disparate impact. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling.

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    Filed: 1987-05-14 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 818 F.2d 861 Docket: 86-1651

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    Helen L. Fury Phyllis J. Golden Rose C. Jackson Nanette Kirel Mary K. Shuman Cherie Knopp, Mary J. Fetty Mary S. Little Vicki S. Cummons Pamela J. Sands Pamela S. Moore Janet S. Cozard Margaret Starr Janice A. Edman Cheryl L. Coe Carole S. Jones Lessie M. Knutson Diane Zaeharias, Melody S. Sutton Pam Alexander Pat Dilly Judy K. Brown All Others Similarly Situated as a Class v. S.F. Greiner, Sheriff of Wood County Juanita Coe, Clerk of Circuit Court of Wood County H.K. Smith, County Clerk of Wood County County Commission of Wood County Dexter L. Bucklery Jr. Holmes R. Shaver Lewis E. Guinn, in Their Capacity as County Commissioners of Wood County, 818 F.2d 861, 4th Cir. (1987)

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    Helen Fury and 18 other female employees sued Wood County, West Virginia alleging sex-based employment discrimination under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The plaintiffs, who worked in either the Sheriff's office or Circuit Court Clerk's office, claimed they were paid less than a male employee in the separate County Clerk's office. The district court denied the claims, finding the plaintiffs could not compare themselves to an employee in a different county office. The court also denied the Title VII claim, finding no proof of intentional discrimination or that a neutral policy had a disparate impact. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling.

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    Helen Fury and 18 other female employees sued Wood County, West Virginia alleging sex-based employment discrimination under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The plaintiffs, who worked in either the Sheriff's office or Circuit Court Clerk's office, claimed they were paid less than a male employee in the separate County Clerk's office. The district court denied the claims, finding the plaintiffs could not compare themselves to an employee in a different county office. The court also denied the Title VII claim, finding no proof of intentional discrimination or that a neutral policy had a disparate impact. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling.

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    818 F.

    2d 861
    Unpublished Disposition

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of


    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
    res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
    Circuit.
    Helen L. FURY; Phyllis J. Golden; Rose C. Jackson;
    Nanette Kirel; Mary K. Shuman; Cherie Knopp, Mary J.
    Fetty; Mary S. Little; Vicki S. Cummons; Pamela J. Sands;
    Pamela S. Moore; Janet S. Cozard; Margaret Starr; Janice
    A. Edman; Cheryl L. Coe; Carole S. Jones; Lessie M.
    Knutson; Diane Zaeharias, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    Melody S. Sutton; Pam Alexander; Pat Dilly; Judy K.
    Brown; all others Similarly Situated as a Class, Plaintiff,
    v.
    S.F. GREINER, Sheriff of Wood County; Juanita Coe, Clerk of
    Circuit Court of Wood County; H.K. Smith, County Clerk of
    Wood County; County Commission of Wood County; Dexter L.
    Bucklery Jr.; Holmes R. Shaver; Lewis E. Guinn, in their
    capacity as County Commissioners of Wood County,
    Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 86-1651.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Argued March 2, 1987.
    Decided May 14, 1987.

    Before RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and KISER, United


    States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by
    designation.
    Brian David Yost (Fred F. Holroyd; Holroyd & Yost, on brief), for
    appellants.

    Elizabeth A. Pyles, for appellees.


    PER CURIAM:

    Helen L. Fury and eighteen other female employees of Wood County, West
    Virginia, appeal from the district court's denial of their sex-based employment
    discrimination claims against the County Commission, the individual
    Commissioners, the Sheriff, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the County
    Clerk. We affirm.

    Ten of the nineteen appellants worked in the Sheriff's office; nine worked in
    the Circuit Court Clerk's office. Their complaint alleged that they were paid
    less money than a comparably situated male employee in the County Clerk's
    office, in violation of the equal pay provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act,
    29 U.S.C. Sec. 206(d), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.
    Sec. 2000(e) et seq. The appellants could only compare themselves to a male
    employee in the County Clerk's office because neither the Sheriff's office nor
    the Circuit Court Clerk's office had a comparably situated male employee.

    After a bench trial, the district court ruled against the appellants on both
    claims.1 The court ruled that the women could not compare themselves to a
    male employee in a separate county office and denied the equal pay claim. It
    denied the Title VII claim because the women failed to prove that the appellees
    intentionally discriminated against them or that some neutral employment
    practice had a disparate impact upon them.

    We agree with the district court and affirm its judgment.

    AFFIRMED.

    Initially, this action also included three female employees who worked in the
    County Clerk's office. The court ruled in favor of these employees on their
    equal pay claim, however, and they are not involved in this appeal

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