Five female Newark fire prevention specialists failed to prove their case that they were treated poorer than male colleagues or that their work environment was gender-hostile, a federal appeals court says.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment dismissing the suit, Kimber-Anderson v. Newark, No. 11-1810, which alleged violations of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination and civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.