A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by female attorneys against the Port Authority.

The charge was initially filed in 2007. In 2010, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit, concluding the Port Authority had discriminated against the 14 female lawyers by paying them less than their male counterparts who performed similar jobs.

In a ruling published yesterday, however, a US District Court judge in Manhattan held that although the women plaintiffs had demonstrated that they had similar job titles as the male lawyers on the PA’s staff, they had failed to show that the actual job requirements and performance were the same.