Legal Opinion
Frank v. United Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2000No. Nos. 98-15638, 98-16687PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
From 1980 to 1994, defendant United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) required flight attendants to comply with maximum weight requirements based on sex, height and age. Failure to maintain weight below the applicable maximum subjected a flight attendant to various forms of discipline, including suspension without pay and termination. In 1992, plaintiffs filed this action on behalf of a class of female flight attendants to challenge these weight requirements.
Plaintiffs contend that by adopting a discriminatory weight policy and enforcing that policy in a discriminatory…
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