In a dissent to the court’s majority opinion in a gender discrimination case, Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke said the court ought to have compared actual job duties of a female professor and her male colleagues, rather than taking a broader view of the positions. The court’s majority said VanDyke’s reading of the Equal Pay Law would gut it.
March 15, 2021 at 06:54 PM
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A dissent from a Trump-appointed circuit judge in a pay discrimination case would effectively “gut” the Equal Pay Act if applied, according to a majority opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In a 61-page opinion Monday, the California appeals court revived in part a psychology professor’s claims that the University of Oregon had discriminated against her by paying her between $14,000 and $42,000 less than some of her male counterparts.
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Lawrence VanDyke testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on Oct. 30, 2019.
