TROUPE v. MAY DEPARTMENT STORES CO.

No. 93-2523.

20 F.3d 734 (1994)

Kimberly Hern TROUPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, doing business as Lord & Taylor, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest T. Rossiello (argued), Margaret A. Zuleger, Rossiello & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

William M. Walsh, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Ronald J. Dolan, Lori Kay Cochran, Betty L. Thorne (argued), May Dept. Stores, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

In 1978, Congress amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on account of pregnancy: "women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes, including receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work." 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k). The Supreme Court had...

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