Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 19, 1967No. Civ. A. 67-477PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMISKEY, District Judge.
Delta fired stewardess, Eulalie E. Cooper, plaintiff, on April 1, 1966 because she had gotten married on October 17, 1964. Delta’s policy was to employ only single women as stewardesses and plaintiff got the job knowing this when she signed the following agreement:
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Employment Termination in the Event of Marriage (Stewardess)
As a further consideration for employment I hereby certify that I have never been married and that I shall terminate automatically and voluntarily my employment with Delta Air Lines prior to the event of my entry into a contract…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1967
3Cited by16 opinions
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Etta Ruth Stroud v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Edwards v. North American Rockwell Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 1968
- Ida Phillips v. Martin Marietta CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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