United States Ninth Circuit
Teamsters Local Union No. 117 v. Washington Dep't Corrections, 13-35331
In a Title VII action, alleging unlawful discrimination against male correction officers on the basis of sex by designating a number of female-only correctional positions in women's prisons, the district court's grant of summary judgement in favor of defendant is affirmed where the Department's individualized, well-researched decision to designate discrete sex-based correctional officer categories was justified because sex was a bona-fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the women's prisons.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/12/2015
- Published 06/12/2015
Judges
- McKeown
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit