Legal Opinion
Donna Harper v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1975No. 75--1039PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Donna Harper, appeals from an adverse judgment by the District Court 1 in a non-jury trial. Her sole contention on appeal is that the rule implemented in a regional office of defendant, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), which proscribed the employment of spouses in the same department, constituted sex discrimination and contravened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1970), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Supp. III, 1973).
The facts of the case are fully set forth in the District Court’s opinion, Harper v. Trans World…
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