Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. New York State Division of Human Rights
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.
In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether respondent airline’s use of weight standards in hiring flight attendants constitutes disability, age and/or gender discrimination; and whether the Federal Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) preempts petitioners’ claims of discrimination.
Factual Background
In the summer of 1991, Pan American Airways (Pan Am) filed for bankruptcy protection and, as a result, sought to sell certain assets, including its European and Asian routes. Pan Am and respondent Delta Airlines, Inc. (Delta) subsequently entered into an Asset…
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