McDONALD v. GENERAL MILLS, INC.

Civ. No. S-2553.

387 F.Supp. 24 (1974)

Ellizabeth G. McDONALD, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. California.

Motion to Reconsider December 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackmon, Isenberg, Moulds & Blicker, John F. Moulds, III, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff.

Robert S. Daggett, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for General Mills Inc., Union Oil.

Oliver F. Green, Carl W. Robertson, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for S. S. Kresge Co.

Nathan R. Berke, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co.

William L. Hooth, Burroughs Corp., Detroit, Mich., for Burroughs Corp.

Jeffrey S. Goldman, Kalvin M. Grove, Lederer, Fox & Grove, Chicago, Ill., for General Adjustment Bureau, Inc., St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

J. Keith McKeag, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, Cal., for International Harvester Co., Good-year Tire & Rubber Co., General Motors Acceptance Corp.

V. Barlow Goff, McDonough, Holland, Schwartz, Allen & Wahrhaftig, Sacramento, Cal., for A. Teichert & Son, Inc.

Forrest A. Plant, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, Cal., for Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Grove Valve & Regulator Co., Libby, McNeill and Libby, New York Life Ins. Co., John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Bruce D. Starkey, Gen. Atty., The Hartford Ins. Group, Hartford, Conn., for Hartford Life Ins. Co. (The Hartford Ins. Group) note: not served as correct entity.

Don T. Hibner, Jr., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., for J. C. Penney Co., Inc.

Robert O. Fort, Schei, Fort, Taylor & Pendergast, Sacramento, Cal., for Mut. Life Ins. Co., Mut. Trust Life Ins. Co.

C. Rex Boyd, San Mateo, Cal., James A. Pezzaglia, Martinez, Cal., and George W. Terry, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

John M. Schobel, Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, Mo., for Ralston Purina Co.

Paul A. Dezurick, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for Sea-Land Service, Inc.

David B. Johnson, Rust, Armenis & Matheny, Sacramento, Cal., for Sierra Pacific Power Co.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Charles F. Prael, Charles E. Voltz, David A. Rotman, San Francisco, Cal., for Western Electric, Prudential Ins. Co.

Russell, Jarvis, Estabrook & Dashiell, Robert W. Jarvis, Sacramento, Cal., for The Travelers Ins. Co.

McDermott, Will & Emery, Harry Sangerman, Chicago, Ill., and Littler, Mendelson & Fastiff, Wesley J. Fastiff, San Francisco, Cal., for Jewel Home Shopping.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Edward J. Tiedemann, Sacramento, Cal., for Boise Cascade.

Wright, Nolan & Green, Vincent S. Wright, David B. Green, San Francisco, Cal., for Reliance Ins.

Johnson, Greve & Clifford, Claire H. Greve, Sacramento, Cal., for Minnesota National Life.

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Edwin L. Currey, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for Chubb & Son, Inc.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Richard S. Cohen, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MacBRIDE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff brings this class action claiming unlawful sex discrimination in the employment practices of 31 corporate defendants in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S. C.A. § 2000e et seq., and seeking injunctive relief, compensatory damages, costs, and attorney's fees.

The factual setting is not complex. The Sacramento State College Graduate Placement Center sent employer...

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