Martha v. GILBERT Et Al., Appellees, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action by certain women employees of the defendant to secure affirmative injunctive relief under Section 2000e-5(f)(3), 42 U.S.C., that childbirth disabilities of women employees of the defendant are compensable under the defendant’s employee disability plan which is applicable generally throughout all defendant’s plants. Following the disposition of certain procedural motions relating to venue1 and the propriety of class representation,2 the District Court proceeded to the merits of the controversy and, in granting relief, held the denial of…