Martha V. GILBERT et al., Appellees,
v.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 8, 1975.
Decided June 27, 1975.
Certiorari Granted October 6, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Theophil C. Kammholz, Chicago, Ill. (Stanley R. Strauss, Washington, D. C., John S. Battle, Jr., J. Robert Brame, III, Richmond, Va., Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, Washington, D. C., and McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.
Ruth Weyand, Washington, D. C. (Winn Newman, Washington, D. C., and Seymour DuBow, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.
Linda Colvard Dorian, Atty., E. E. O. C. (William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg and Charles L. Reischel, Attys., E. E. O. C., on brief), for amicus curiae, U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Melvin L. Wulf, Kathleen Peratis, New York City, Wendy Webster Williams, San Francisco, Cal., Peter Hart Weiner, Berkeley, Cal., Averbuck & Hoffman, Oakland, Cal., on brief for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union and Equal Rights Advocates, Inc.
Mary F. Kelly and Nancy E. Stanley, New York City, on brief for amicus curiae Bellamy, Blank, Goodman, Kelly, Ross & Stanley.
Marcia D. Greenberger, Joseph N. Onek and Lois J. Schiffer, for amici curiae Women's Equity Action League, National Organization for Women and Human Rights for Women, Inc.
Judith Lonnquist, Chicago, Ill., National Vice President for Legal Affairs and Atty., National Organization for Women, as amicus curiae.
Gerard C. Smetana, Jerry Kronenberg, Julian D. Schreiber, Borovsky, Ehrilich & Kronenberg, Chicago, Ill., Milton Smith, Gen. Counsel, and Richard B. Berman, Labor Relations Counsel, Washington, D. C., on brief for amicus curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Charles Ryan, Gen. Atty., Clark G. Redick, Atty., F. Mark Garlinghouse, Vice President and Gen. Counsel, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Thompson Powers, James D. Hutchinson, Ronald S. Cooper, Roger E. Warin and Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., on brief for amicus curiae The American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Certiorari Granted October 6, 1975. See 96 S.Ct. 36.
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is a class action by certain women employees of the defendant to secure affirmative injunctive relief under Section 2000e-5(f)(3), 42 U.S.C., that childbirth disabilities of women employees of the defendant are compensable under the defendant's employee disability plan which is applicable generally throughout all defendant's plants. Following the disposition of certain...
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