Legal Opinion
Rose Mary Roth BOYD Et Al., Appellants, v. OZARK AIR LINES, INC., Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1977No. 76-1873PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Rose Mary Boyd brought a class action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., challenging Ozark Air Lines’ five-foot-seven-inch minimum height requirement as sexually discriminatory.
The trial court certified the class to include only future female applicants who could meet the reasonable qualifications of serving as an airline pilot. Rose Mary Roth Boyd v. Ozark Air Lines, Inc., No. 75-528 C (4) (E.D.Mo., unpublished order filed Nov. 24, 1975). It later held that a prima facie case of sex discrimination was established by statistical…
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