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setting actual back pay amounts
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No. 78-4061-CV-C-5.
August 26, 1986.
Lisa S. Van Amburg, St. Louis, Mo., Karen Plax, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.
John H. Gladden, Mo. Highway Transp. Com'n, Joplin, Mo., Paula Lambrecht, Asst. Counsel, Mo. State Highway Transp. Com'n, Jefferson City, Mo., for defendants.
ORDER
Pending before the Court are two issues left to be resolved in this case. First is the issue of damages under the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 count against the Highway Commission. At the trial in September, 1983, the jury returned verdicts in favor of the class and against the Highway Commission. The question is whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity precludes such damages under § 1983. The plaintiffs have presented no persuasive authority to challenge the defendants' position that they are immune from monetary damages. However, this immunity does not extend to equitable or injunctive relief. Wood v. Strickland, 420 U.S. 308, 314 n. 6, 95 S.Ct. 992, 997 n. 6, 43 L.Ed.2d 214 (1975); Hoohuyli v. Ariyoshi, 741 F.2d 1169, 1176 (9th Cir. 1984). Since the Court has already ordered injunctive relief under Title VII in this case, any relief under § 1983 would mirror what has been set out in the Court's order of December 13, 1985.
Secondly, plaintiffs have submitted their calculations of back pay based on the Hameed formula followed by this Court in its December 13, 1985 order. See Hameed v. Ironworkers, 637 F.2d 506 (8th Cir. 1980). The defendants reviewed this submission and chose not to make any response. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the individually named plaintiffs are awarded the following amount of back pay:
Jane Catlett $ 78,189.77 Patricia Leembruggen 123,923.18 Adeline Kallemyn 105,245.82 Grace Tuter Shelley 108,930.95
It is further
ORDERED that the following class members are awarded back pay in the following amounts:
1. For the sub-class of 1975, each shall receive $41,747.31:
Martha Patton Evelyn Young
2. For the sub-class of 1976, each shall receive $73,356.39:
Glenda Bond Rosalee Habermehl Rebecca McCrown Theresa Marshall Patricia Martone
3. For the sub-class of 1977, each shall receive $22,314.50:
Lucy Anderson Joyce Bass Cynthia Benner Rebecca Cook Georgia Eddington Lori Etherton Diane Gaehle Melinda Gottas Ethel Hirsch Gerry Johnson Margaret Johnson-Wood Sonna Jones Edith Kelly Virginia Means Sheree Moran Jackie Nelson Shirley Nelson Butts Goldie Potter Delores Powers Brenda Smith Betty Spitler Brenda Storie Audrey Sturdefant Rebecca Swindall Vickie Wand Cheryl Young
4. For the sub-class of 1978, each shall receive $5,882.57:
Andrea Anderson Beatrice Ash-Thomas Norma Auslam Nancy Baker Connie Baldwin Sally Lou Bates Sarah Baumgartner Sherry Biggs Betty Jo Booher Jean Bray Nancy Cameron Sandra Churchill Sharon Claspill Louise Cromwell Marla Cypret Janet Daniels Verla Daugherty Lucinda Dennis Katherine Duncan Karen Faulkner Sharon Grant Sally Graves Karen Hall Cheri Haney Leona Hankins Cleta Harris Judy Hayes Veta Hood Shirley Hosier Darra Justice Myrna Kimberling Lois Ludwig Jean McClellan Jane Mast Delores Merrill Rose Middaugh Sandy Miller Nancy Murray Jo Myers Loretta Nelson Joetta Newman Shirley Jones Janice Perry Sharon Pierson Patricia Pigorsch Janet Plemmons Linda Radford Lynn Roth Janet Rowden Vicki Rufer Phyllis Schofield Michelle Sheldon Delilah Shobe Marideth Sisco Mary Ellen Smith Sandra Startzman Frances Stiebel Anna Stokes Sherry Stone Connie Stroud Linda Van Stavern Bonnie Warner Beverly Welch Linda Jo Willis Debbie Wolfe
5. For the sub-class of 1979, each shall receive $9,041.90:
Jo-Ann Bartley Cindy Bass Henrietta Bellamy Jan Lynn Berg Elizabeth Boehm Terry Bonds Christi Carney Karen Cordova Deborah Cox Tammy Cross Janice Crumpley Betty Davison Sharon Doran Judy Dumback Joyce Earls Mary Eldringhoff Cindy Emery Candance Gentry Becky Jo Goad Billie Guerra Jerri Hill Clara January Pamela Joliff Karen McKenzie Virginia McMillin Cheryl Main Ricki Martinetti Gala Minor-Carrier Donna Muffitt Sheila Potter Pixie Rippy Roxie Rosenbaum Tamra Russell Sharon Stafford Cynthia Taylor Carla Trowbridge Connie Tyler Kathy Van Zandt Janet Whitlock
6. For the sub-class of 1980, each shall receive $2,838.76:
Lynn Bennett Sharon L. Clark Dee Davis Brenda Smith-Dixon Debra Everitt Kimberly Meier Lauren Minkler Kelly Ormsby Glenda Peak Deborah Pippin Janet Tower Jody Williams Linda Jo Willis Susan Yowell
It is further
ORDERED that this award of back pay shall be stayed pending appeal to the Eighth Circuit. However, the injunctive relief as set out in the December 13, 1985 order is not stayed and should be immediately implemented, if defendants have not already done so. It is further
ORDERED that monetary damages under § 1983 are denied, but injunctive relief is granted, to mirror that already ordered by this Court.