Mrs. Linda NEWMON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee

This is an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction in which Mrs. Newmon alleges that Delta Air Lines’ maternity leave policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S. C.A. § 2000e], and that as a result of that policy she suffered a loss of employee benefits including the right to reinstatement in her job at the end of the prescribed period subsequent to the birth of her child.

The record reflects that the trial court considered the importance of this question in light of the medical and industrial factors involved and concluded that the relief should await hearing…