HARRISS v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

C.A. No. 78-1214.

649 F.2d 670 (1980)

Ute R. HARRISS and Margaret A. Feather, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1980.

As Corrected December 30, 1980.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, Washington, D. C., Cohen, Vitt & Annand, Alexandria, Va., argued, Cohen, Vitt & Annand, Alexandria, Va., Stephen L. Spitz, Lawyers Committee for Civ. Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., Ronald Yank, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., Robert B. Wallace, Surrey, Karasik & Morse, Washington, D. C., on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Venning, Catherine P. Rosen, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAulieff, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before ANDERSON, SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 22, 1981.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Ute Harriss and Margaret Feather brought this class action against Pan American World Airways charging it with violations of sections 703(a)(1), (2) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), (2). They sued on behalf of themselves and other Pan Am female flight attendants. They contend that Pam Am violated Title VII by: (1) requiring that...

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