AIRLINE STEWARDS, ETC. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

No. 77-2098.

573 F.2d 960 (1978)

AIRLINE STEWARDS AND STEWARDESSES ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 550, TWU, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abe F. Levy, Lawrence Rosenzweig, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor-appellant.

Marilyn S. G. Urwitz, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Charles Pressman, Aram A. Hartunian, Laurence A. Carton, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Circuit Judge, and PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether the district court abused its discretion by approving the settlement of a case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 without litigating the merits of the plaintiffs' claims and by not requiring a full evidentiary hearing on the effect of the settlement on the interests of the defendant's incumbent employees.

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