HAILES v. UNITED AIR LINES

No. 71-2860.

464 F.2d 1006 (1972)

Clarence H. HAILES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, Defendant-Appellee, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor-Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. White, Field Atty., E.E.O. C., New Orleans, La., David L. McComb, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, Leon Sarpy, David McComb, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant, Clarence Hailes, filed this Title VII lawsuit (42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq.) alleging sex discrimination on the part of United Air Lines (United) in placing a newspaper advertisement for stewardesses under the "Help Wanted—Females" column. Although the facts of this case are definite and can be simply stated, the legal result is a novel one in this Circuit.1

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