James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor v. The Behrens Drug Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1973-03-07

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RIVES, Circuit Judge: In this case brought by the Secretary of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the district court found that Behrens Drug Company (hereinafter Behrens) discriminated against certain female employees by compensating them at a lower rate than their male counterparts. Behrens appeals, arguing that each contested male-female wage differential rests on leg…

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