EISMAN v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES

Civ. A. No. 71-2024.

336 F.Supp. 543 (1971)

Sandra EISMAN et al., and David Eisman, a minor, et al., by his parent and natural guardian, Sandra Eisman et al. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis H. Eisman, Needleman, Needleman & Tabb, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs

Robert Landis, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

Thomas J. Whalen, Condon & Forsyth, New York City, Krusen, Evans and Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants British Overseas Airways Corp. and Alitalia Airlines.


OPINION AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

This is a purported class action, alleging that the student and youth fares of defendant airlines constitute discrimination in contravention of the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1374(b); and the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). Plaintiff, Sandra Eisman, is twenty-eight years old and claims to represent a class of persons over the age of twenty-six who are not students and who have

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