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GERDOM v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

No. 79-3215.

648 F.2d 1223 (1981)

Carole A. GERDOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, LOCAL 1, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Roth, Taylor, Roth & Grant, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant; Barrett D. Litt (on brief).

Willard Z. Carr, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee; H. Frederick Tepker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Michael Ryan, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before SNEED and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs contend that Continental Airlines' weight requirements for its flight attendants violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1976), because they discriminate on the basis of sex. They advance both adverse impact and disparate treatment arguments in support of their claim. We affirm the district court's finding that the plaintiffs' adverse impact claim is without merit. But we remand for consideration...

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