No. 19-30

Zoe Spencer v. Virginia State University, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bona-fide-job-evaluation circuit-split civil-rights equal-pay-act job-evaluation prior-salary salary-discrimination seventh-amendment summary-judgment title-vii
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is prior salary a factor other than sex? If so:

Whether the Equal Pay Act intends prior salary, as a "catchall exception," to be excluded from bona fide job related systems and the other three statutory exceptions.

Whether the Petitioner's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial was violated when the Fourth Circuit misapprehended summary judgment standards in light of Supreme Court precedent.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether and under what circumstances prior salary may constitute 'any other factor other than sex' under the Equal Pay Act

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-13
Reply of petitioner Zoe Spencer filed.
2019-09-03
Brief of respondents Virginia State University, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-07-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 3, 2019.
2019-07-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 2, 2019 to September 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Virginia State University, et al.
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Elizabeth M. EbanksOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Respondent
Zoe Spencer
Zoe Spencer — Petitioner