Legal Opinion
Mary P. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., Air Line Pilots Association, Non-Aligned Party
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 1, 1980No. 78-1365PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), appeals from an order of the District Court denying its motion for modification of a continuing injunction. 1 The injunction effectuates part of the relief awarded by the District Court in 1974 2 to female cabin attendants in redress of violations of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 3 and Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. 3 4 Our review leads us to conclude that the denial of NWA’s motion rests partially on an overbroad reading of the Equal Pay Act-a general interpretation to which this court succumbed on a prior…
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