Topic: the equal pay act is broadly remedial, and it should be con… · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 32 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Corning Glass Works v. Brennan.

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1 Corning Glass Works v. Brennan Anchor
scotus · 1974
green “the equal pay act is broadly remedial, and it should be construed and applied so as to fulfill the underlying purposes which congress sought to achieve.” 18
2 Irby v. Bittick
ca11 · 1995
green “if prior salary alone were a justification, the exception would swallow up the rule and inequality in pay among genders would be perpetuated.” 6
3 County of Washington v. Gunther
scotus · 1981
green “equal pay act litigation, therefore, has been structured to permit employers to defend against charges of discrimination where their pay differentials are based on a bona fide use of 'other factors other than sex.” 3
4 Jenny Wernsing v. Department of Human Services, State of Illinois
ca7 · 2005
green “related to the requirements of the particular position” 3
5 Drum v. Leeson Electric Corp.
ca8 · 2009
green “market force theory' to justify lower wages for female employees simply because the market might bear such wages.” 2

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