United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law with regards to a jury's finding of a willful violation of the Equal Pay Act is affirmed where there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that plaintiff was paid less than a male counterpart for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility, and a reasonable jury could reject an affirmative defense that the pay differential was based on factors other than sex.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William S. Jackson, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas (Michelle M. Kaemmerling, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene Hunt, argued, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for appellee.