In Re Delta Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant Weight Standards Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

In July 1974, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an action (EEOC I) in the Southern District of Texas against Delta Airlines, Inc. This action seeks, inter alia, injunctive relief against Delta in favor of all its flight attendants, both male and female, to prevent Delta’s utilization of maximum weight limitations that allegedly discriminate against these employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In particular, the Commission also seeks the reinstatement of a Delta female flight attendant, Virginia L. Cur-lee, who had been suspended…