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MEADOWS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 79-3372.

645 F.2d 538 (1981)

Dolores Marie MEADOWS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Local 862, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Segal, Segal, Isenberg, Sales, Stewart & Nutt, Walter L. Sales, Louisville, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Franklin S. Yudkin, Louisville, Ky., for Betty Baker.

James C. Hickey, Ewen, MacKenzie & Peden, P.S.C., Louisville, Ky., for Dolores Meadows.

John A. Fillion, Marley S. Weiss, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Jon L. Fleischaker, Wyatt, Grafton & Sloss, Edgar A. Zingman, Sheryl Snyder, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, BROWN, Circuit Judge, and BATTISTI, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This case originated in 1973 when the Ford Motor Company opened its Ford truck plant near Louisville, Kentucky, employing in the course of its hiring practices for the plant a general rule, applicable to male and female candidates for employment, which excluded any applicant who did not weigh at least 150 pounds.

Appellee Meadows had applied for a job on the production line on October 10, 1969 but had not been hired and she filed an action under...

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