AIR LINES STEWARDS AND STEWARDESSES ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 550, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Applicant for Intervention-Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and Trans World Airlines, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals. Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 18, 1972.
January 18, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lutz A. Prager, John de J. Pemberton, Jr., Acting Gen. Counsel, Julia P. Cooper, Chief, Appellate Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
Laurence A. Carton, Joseph P. Carr, Gardner, Carton, Douglas, Chilgren & Waud, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.
Gilbert Feldman, Barbara J. Hillman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before CUMMINGS, PELL, and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals. Seventh Circuit.
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In these two class actions, the Union1 and certain former stewardesses asserted that both defendant airlines had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.) by terminating stewardesses who had become pregnant. They sought reinstatement, back pay, and other relief. On June 1, 1970, the Union filed appropriate charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and a...
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