Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

— In June 1975 plaintiffs, four individuals and two associations organized to promote equal rights for homosexual persons, filed the present class action against Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (PT&T)1 and the California Fair Employment Practice Com*464mission (FEPC).2 The complaint alleged that PT&T practices discrimination against homosexuals in the hiring, firing and promotion of employees, asserted the illegality of such employment discrimination and sought declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent PT&T from the continuation of such practices. The complaint also…