Legal Opinion
Etta Ruth Stroud v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1977No. 76-2130PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
After a trial before the district court, relief was denied in this Title VII suit. In affirming, we find it necessary to consider only one issue which was not discussed by the district court.
From 1956 until April 1965, plaintiff, a female, had been employed by defendant Delta Air Lines (Delta) as a stewardess. Under Delta’s policy forbidding the employment of any married woman as a stewardess, plaintiff’s imminent marriage required her to resign her position. This policy was eliminated in March 1971. The several different alleged instances of discrimination, which…
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- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Gerdom v. Continental Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 28, 16 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8178 Bennie E. Smith, on Behalf of Himself & Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Malarkey v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
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