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BURWELL v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

No. 78-1659.

633 F.2d 361 (1980)

Catherine M. BURWELL et al., Appellees, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Thompson, Richmond, Va. (Christine H. Perdue, A. W. VanderMeer, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., William G. Bell, Jr., Miami, Fla., Richard P. Magurno, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., New York City, on brief), for appellant.

Jay L. Westbrook, Washington, D. C. (Robert B. Wallace, Surrey, Karaski & Morse, David R. Cashdan, Stephen L. Spitz, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellees.

Issie L. Jenkins, Acting Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Vincent Blackwood, Washington, D. C., on brief for amicus curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER, BUTZNER, RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal raises several issues. For reasons set forth in the accompanying four opinions, the court has decided them as follows:

1. The court unanimously affirms that part of the district court's judgment that invalidated Eastern Air Lines' policy requiring pregnant stewardesses to forfeit seniority when they transfer to ground positions.

2. A majority of the court affirms that part of the district court's judgment that invalidated Eastern...

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