Legal Opinion
Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 20, 1984No. Nos. 83-1033, 83-1034, 83-1167 and 83-1168PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION PER CURIAM
2Per curiam
This Equal Pay Act-Title VII class action concerns the former practices of Northwest Airlines (NWA) with regard to the employment of cabin attendants. Women employed by NWA in the all-female category “stewardess” received less pay than men in the all-male “purser” category. In addition, NWA required female cabin attendants to share double rooms on layovers while providing single rooms to male cabin attendants; it paid male attendants, but not females, a cleaning allowance for uniforms; and it imposed weight restrictions upon females only.1
The lawsuit challenging these…
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