A Trump-era U.S. Justice Department amicus brief vexed a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which used a footnote in their opinion to point out how “unhelpful” the filing was.

In the underlying discrimination case, Judges James Loken, Bobby Shepherd and David Stras found that St. Louis police Sgt. Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow failed to show she was transferred out of the department’s Intelligence Division and into the patrol area unit as a result of sex bias. The judges said in a footnote that the Justice Department supported a position that “clearly contravened” the circuit’s precedent and put forth irrelevant arguments.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]