Legal Opinion
Air Lines Stewards & Stewardesses Ass'n, Local 550 v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 1972No. Nos. 71-1614, 71-1615PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In these two class actions, the Union 1 and certain former stewardesses asserted that both defendant airlines had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.) by terminating stewardesses who had become pregnant. They sought reinstatement, back pay, and other relief. On June 1, 1970, the Union filed appropriate charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and a month thereafter the Commission notified the Union that it was entitled to initiate civil actions in the district court in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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- Romasanta v. United Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Shulman v. Goldman, Sachs & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- United States v. American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers of the National Ass'n of RealtorsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1977
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