Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., H. Patricia Rowan Gorman v. Eastern Airlines

TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Patricia Gorman appeals from the district court’s denial of her petition to intervene in a lawsuit between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Eastern Airlines in which the EEOC alleged that Eastern had violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., by not hiring Gorman and 22 other women as flight attendants. Gorman and several other of the charging parties sought to intervene in the suit to contest a consent decree negotiated by Eastern and the EEOC, and approved by the district court. Only Gorman has…