Legal Opinion
Standridge v. Union Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 15, 2007No. 06-1706PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Brandi Standridge and Kenya Phillips, as class representatives, sued Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) for sexual discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (“PDA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k). The district court granted Standridge and Phillips’s motion for partial summary judgment on July 15, 2005, and entered final judgment in their favor on February 10, 2006. Union Pacific appeals. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
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- In Re Union Pacific Railroad Employment Practices Litigation Brandi Standridge, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated Kenya Phillips, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Jackie Fitzgerald, an Oregon Resident, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated Samantha Brand, a Washington Resident, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Board of Trustees of Union Pacific Employees Health Service, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, Amici on Behalf of Equal Employment Advisory Council Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amici on Behalf of Olympia J. Snowe Harry Reid Patty Murray Barbara Milkulski Maria Cantwell, Senators Nita M. Lowey Louise M. Slaughter Diana Degette Chris Shays Betty McCollum Henry A. Waxman Sherrod Brown Donna M. Christensen Joseph Crowley Sam Farr Raul M. Grijalva Jane Harman Sheila Jackson Lee Eddie Bernice Johnson Dennis J. Kucinich Carolyn Maloney James P. McGovern Jerrold Nadler Jan Schakowsky Allyson Y. Schwartz Diane E. Watson Anthony D. Weiner Albert R. Wynn Rush D. Holt Jim Moran, Representatives, Amici on Behalf OfCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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