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SPROGIS v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

No. 18481.

444 F.2d 1194 (1971)

Mary Burke SPROGIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Bernstein, Arthur J. Kowitt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Richard F. Watt, Irving M. King, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee; Cotton, Watt, Jones, King & Bowlus, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Russell Specter, Deputy Gen. Counsel, David W. Zugschwerdt, Atty., Stanley P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, Julia P. Cooper, Gen. Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Before CUMMINGS, KERNER, and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied July 16, 1971.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether United Air Lines, Inc. ("United") violated Section 703(a) (1) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) (1)) by discriminating against plaintiff because of her sex.1

Prior to June 19, 1966, plaintiff was employed by United as a flight cabin attendant or stewardess. On that date, she was...

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