Price, et al. v. Northern States Power Co., No. 11-1497 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, four women employed by NSP, brought this action alleging discriminatory pay practices under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), 29 U.S.C. 206 et seq., the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), Minn. Stat. 363.01 et seq., and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of NSP after concluding that plaintiffs had not established a prima facie case of wage discrimination. Plaintiffs appealed. The court concluded that the district court did not err in holding that the evidence showed that some employers did better than others in given years, but did not establish that NSP was liable for a violation of the EPA. The court also held that the district court did not err in finding that one plaintiff, Helen Goebel, could not make a prima facie case because the St. Cloud Service Center was a different establishment from the Chestnut Service Center and Goebel was the highest paid woman at that facility. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
Court Description: Civil case - Equal Pay Act. District court did not err in granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiffs' Equal Pay Act claims.
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