NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. v. EEOC

No. 82-411.

462 U.S. 669 (1983)

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Kramer argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Gerald D. Skoning and Deborah Crandall.

Harriet S. Shapiro argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Philip B. Sklover, and Vella M. Fink.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Lawrence B. Trygstad and Richard J. Schwab for the United Teachers-Los Angeles; by Judith L. Lichtman and Judith E. Schaeffer for the American Association of University Women et al.; and by J. Albert Woll, Marsha S. Berzon, Laurence Gold, Bernard Kleiman, Carl Frankel, Carole W. Wilson, and Winn Newman for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations et al.


JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1978 Congress decided to overrule our decision in General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, 429 U.S. 125 (1976), by amending Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "to prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy."1 On the effective date of the Act, petitioner amended its health insurance plan...

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