United States Second Circuit

Under the Equal Pay Act, 29 USC 206, a prima facie case does not necessarily require plaintiff to show that there was a higher paid male in her department but will allow her to prove disparity by showing higher paid males in equivalent positions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2000
• Decided 03/26/2001
• Published 03/26/2001

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge:, Before:  JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge, KEARSE and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ROBERT E. DINARDO, Esq., Jacobowitz Gubitts, LLP, Walden, N.Y. (Nicholas E. Tishler and Anna Georgiou, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee., MICHAEL T. McGRATH, Putney, Twombly Hall & Hirson LLP, New York, N.Y. (Larissa A. Cason, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.