JAMES v. DELTA AIRLINES, INC.

No. 76-2581.

571 F.2d 1376 (1978)

Sarah Henson JAMES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DELTA AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Dean Booth, Jr., Wm. H. Boice, J. Dianne Brinson, J. Stanley Hawkins, Sidney F. Davis, Legal Dept., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

John Walter Henderson, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and FREEMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs, thirteen female flight attendants, filed this suit pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., alleging that their employer, Delta Air Lines, discriminated against them on the basis of their sex. Each plaintiff had taken a mandatory maternity leave of absence and subsequently returned to work prior to November, 1972, during which time Delta allowed seniority for bidding and...

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