United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's designation of certain employment positions, in housing units at female prisons, as "female only" is valid where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification for the positions in question.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2004
• Published 12/03/2004

Judges

• Before:  NORRIS, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Deborah A. LaBelle, Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mark W. Matus, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. John R. Runyan, Sachs Waldman, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Deborah A. LaBelle, Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mark W. Matus, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. John R. Runyan, Eileen Nowikowski, Marshall J. Widick, Sachs Waldman, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.