NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Appellee,
v.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, and
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC, and John McNulty, Defendants.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant,
v.
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 6, 1981.
Decided January 7, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Melissa Langa, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C. (Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Vella M. Fink, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.
Stephen T. Myking, Washington, D. C. (Gerald D. Skoning, Thomas E. Shirley, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for appellee.
Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Lorence L. Kessler, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.
Cynthia Wicker, Stephen Bokat, Stanley T. Kaleczyc, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Before HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and HALL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
The question is the reach of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.1 If an employer provides medical insurance coverage for his employees, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act clearly prohibits any exclusion of, or special limitations upon, benefits payable with respect to pregnancy-related disabilities. The question before us is whether an employer which extends such medical insurance benefits to the spouses of...
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