United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit by female police officers alleging gender discrimination, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed and remanded where the defendants' decision to reassign the plaintiffs lacked an exceedingly persuasive justification, but was reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/19/2007
• Published 07/19/2007

Judges

• BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Virginia H. Murray, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO (Matthew B. Briesacher, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), James N. Foster, Jr., McMahon and Berger, St. Louis, MO, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. John Pleban, argued, Pleban and Associates, LLC, St. Louis, MO (Lynette M. Petruska, on the brief) for appellees.