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AVIGLIANO v. SUMITOMO SHOJI AMERICA, INC.

No. 314, Docket 80-7418.

638 F.2d 552 (1981)

Lisa M. AVIGLIANO, Dianne Chenicek, Rosemary T. Cristofari, Catherine Cummins, Raellen Mandelbaum, Maria Mannina, Sharon Meisels, Frances Pacheco, Joanne Schneider, Janice Silberstein, Reiko Turner and Elizabeth Wong, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SUMITOMO SHOJI AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Portis Hicks, New York City (Wender, Murase & White, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Lewis M. Steel, New York City (Eisner, Levy, Steel & Bellman, P. C., New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Marcia B. Ruskin, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C. (Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for amicus curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before LUMBARD, MANSFIELD and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. ("Sumitomo"), a New York-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of a Japanese commercial firm, appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered by Judge Charles H. Tenney, denying its motion to dismiss this class action against it by female secretarial employees claiming that its practice of hiring only male Japanese nationals for management...

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