40 Fair empl.prac.cas. 673, 40 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,097 Lynda D. Gibbs, Nancy R. Meyer, Kay A. Simmons, Rosemarie Sowell, and Judith A. Thompson v. Pierce County Law Enforcement Support Agency, City of Tacoma and Its Police Department, and Pierce County and Its Sheriff's Office

785 F.2d 1396 40 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 673 , 40 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,097 Lynda D. GIBBS, Nancy R. Meyer, Kay A. Simmons, Rosemarie Sowell, and Judith A. Thompson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PIERCE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT AGENCY, CITY OF TACOMA and its Police Department, and Pierce County and its Sheriff's Office, Defendants-Appellants. CA No. 85-3754. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1986. Decided March 27, 1986. Richard Milham, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. Patricia Parfitt, Asst. City Atty., Joseph F. Quinn, Tacoma, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Pierce County Law Enforcement Support Agency, the City of Tacoma and its Police Department, and Pierce County and its Sheriff's Office (collectively "LESA") appeal the district court's judgment for Lynda D. Gibbs, Nancy R. Meyer, Kay A. Simmons, Rosemarie Sowell, and Judith A. Thompson (plaintiffs). The district court, after a bench trial, found that LESA violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as…