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GERDOM v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

No. 79-3215.

692 F.2d 602 (1982)

Carole A. GERDOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, LOCAL NO. 1, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1982.

Certiorari Dismissed April 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Roth, Taylor & Roth, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

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

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, CHOY, GOODWIN, WALLACE, KENNEDY, SKOPIL, SCHROEDER, FARRIS, PREGERSON, ALARCON, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Dismissed April 8, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 1534.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the validity of a policy requiring employees classified as "flight hostesses," a position held only by women, to comply with strict weight requirements as a condition of their employment with Continental Airlines. The challenged weight program was in effect until 1973 and was imposed, according to Continental, to enhance its business image by assuring that...

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