LANSDALE v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

No. 29410.

430 F.2d 1341 (1970)

Marian Celeste LANSDALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bivins Lansdale, Naples, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wyatt Johnson, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Stanely P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, Russell Specter, Deputy Gen. Counsel, David M. Cashdan, Lutz Alexander Prager, Attys., Equal Employment Opportunity Comm., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a sex discrimination case brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 against a labor organization. The district court dismissed the complaint. We reverse.2

The district court ruled that as a matter of law the Civil Rights Act did not prohibit a union from causing an airline employer to permit male flight cabin attendants to marry while denying the same privilege to...

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