CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER ET AL.
v.
MANHART ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 18, 1978.
Decided April 25, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David J. Oliphant argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Burt Pines and J. David Hanson.
Robert M. Dohrmann argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Kenneth M. Schwartz, Laurence D. Steinsapir, Howard M. Knee, and Katherine Stoll Burns.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Days, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Thomas S. Martin, Brian K. Landsberg, Cynthia L. Attwood, Abner W. Sibal, Joseph T. Eddins, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Mary-Helen Mautner for the United States et al.; by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Marjorie Mazen Smith, and Matthew W. Finkin for the American Civil Liberties Union et al.; by Michael Evan Gold and Fred Okrand for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California; by Jonathan R. Harkavy for the American Nurses' Assn.; by Marguerite Rawalt and Margaret Young for the Association for Women in Mathematics et al.; and by John A. Fillion, Stephen P. Berzon, Fred H. Altshuler, J. Albert Woll, and Laurence Gold for the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America et al.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed by W. Bernard Richland and L. Kevin Sheridan for the city of New York; by Edward Silver, Larry M. Lavinsky, Stephen E. Tisman, and William B. Harman, Jr., for the American Council of Life Insurance; by Lawrence J. Latto for the Society of Actuaries et al.; and by William R. Glendon, James B. Weidner, and James W. Paul for the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America et al.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.
As a class, women live longer than men. For this reason, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power required its female employees to make larger contributions to its pension fund than its male employees. We granted certiorari to decide whether this practice discriminated against individual female employees because of their sex in violation of § 703 (a) (1) of...
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