Difference in Jobs Weighs Heavily in Court’s Denial of Equal Pay Act Claim

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment to the University of Minnesota in a case where one of the former assistant coaches of the university’s women’s hockey team sued the school for violations of the Equal Pay Act.   The key finding by the court was that the job responsibilities of the male assistant coach, who was the plaintiff, was significantly different from those of the female assistant coach.   David Horn joined