Legal Opinion
Bettina S. Sharp v. United Airlines, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 2, 2001No. 00-1875PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Bettina Sharp brought this cause of action against her former employer, .United Airlines, Inc. (“United”), in which she alleged that United discriminated against her based on her pregnancy. The district court granted summary judgment for United. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Ms. Sharp worked as a flight attendant for United from July 1990 until October 1993, when she, along with other female attendants, were terminated for exceeding United’s weight restrictions. Those terminated brought…
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