SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY ASS'N v. WYNNE & JAFFE

Nos. 77-2346, 77-2347.

599 F.2d 707 (1979)

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAW STUDENTS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. WYNNE & JAFFE, Defendants-Appellees. SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAW STUDENTS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. THOMPSON, KNIGHT, SIMMONS & BULLION, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil H. Cogan, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants in both cases.

Robert A. Gwinn, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees in 77-2346.

Beatrice Rosenberg, Gerald D. Letwin, Attys., William H. Ng, EEOC, Appellate Div., Washington, D. C., for other interested parties in both cases.

Charles Porter Storey, Francis W. Thayer, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees in 77-2347.

Before AINSWORTH and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In these companion Title VII1 sex discrimination suits, the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Association of Women Law Students (Association) and Lawyers A, B, C and D (A-D), four female lawyers seeking to proceed anonymously, allege that defendants, two Dallas law firms, discriminated against women in hiring summer law clerks and associates and request injunctive relief...

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