Dorothy I. YUHAS and Nancy Anderson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

We must decide whether an employer’s rule that a present employee’s spouse may not be hired in a similar capacity violates the antidiscrimination provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The district court found a violation. We take a contrary view and reverse.

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Defendant Libbey-Owens-Ford Company operates two plants in Ottawa, Illinois. The company has a rule against hiring an hourly employee at these plants when the applicant’s spouse is already employed there in the same capacity. The rule was promulgated at the…