Legal Opinion
Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 20, 1976No. Nos. 74-1791 and 75-1334PublishedCited by 356 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by ROBINSON, Circuit Judge.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Northwest Airlines (NWA) appeals from a judgment of the District Court1 declaring certain of its personnel policies violative of the Equal Pay Act of 19632 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19643 and granting injunctive and monetary relief. The principal practice in issue here is the payment to women employed as stewardesses of salaries lower than those paid to men serving as pursers for work found by the court to be substantially equal. Others are the provision to stewardesses of less…
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3Cited by356 opinions
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