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LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. REICHARDT

Nos. 75-3031, 75-3032.

591 F.2d 499 (1979)

LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Martha Ellen REICHARDT, etc., Respondent-Appellee. Martha Ellen REICHARDT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Wesley J. KINDER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy O. Kornblum of Pettit, Evers & Martin, Jack G. Knebel and Robert H. Daniels of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners-appellants.

Robert J. Reinstein, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Mary Dunlap, Atty. of Equal Rights Advocates, Inc. (argued), for Martha Ellen Reichardt et al.

Mervin R. Samuel, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before BROWNING and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and KUNZIG, Judge of the United States Court of Claims.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 12, 1979.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Reichardt, a resident of California, sued on behalf of herself and others similarly situated alleging unlawful discrimination in the sale of disability insurance. She complained that disability policies sold by the defendant insurance companies and approved by the California State Insurance Commissioner discriminate against women who cannot obtain coverage for as long a...

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