CHESCHEIR v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 82-2350.

713 F.2d 1142 (1983)

Joan L. CHESCHEIR and Charity O'Connell (Gass), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kalvin M. Grove, Paul R. Garry, Steven P. Cohn, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Jefferson, Sherman & Mims, Carnegie H. Mims, Jr., Houston, Tex., for O'Connell.

Dixie, Wolf & Dixie, John E. Schulman, Chris Dixie, Houston, Tex., for Cheschier.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Chescheir and O'Connell, both women, claimed that defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. ("Liberty Mutual") wrongfully discharged them by discriminatory application of its "law school rule," which prohibits certain employees from attending law school. After a bench trial, the district court found that Liberty Mutual did discriminatorily apply the law school rule against women in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a...

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