Legal Opinion
General Electric Co. v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1976No. 74-1589PublishedCited by 1,130 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Petitioner, General Electric Co.,1 provides for all of its employees a disability plan which pays weekly nonoccupational sickness and accident benefits. Excluded from the plan’s coverage, however, are disabilities arising from pregnancy. Respondents, on behalf of a class of women employees, brought this action seeking, inter alia2 a declara*128tion that this exclusion constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq. The District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, following a trial on the…
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