LEVIN v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

No. 82-2533.

730 F.2d 994 (1984)

Lynn T. LEVIN, et al., and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for Levin and Mann.

Colleen M. O'Connor, Karen MacRae Smith, E.E.O.C., Appellate Services Div., Washington, D.C., for E.E.O.C.

Baker & Botts, Richard R. Brann, Houston, Tex., William H. Boice, Susan Q. Downer, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a class of Delta Air Lines flight attendants urge the illegality of Delta's policy of removing pregnant flight attendants from flight duty as soon as their pregnancy is discovered. Before 1974, pregnant flight attendants were evidently placed on unpaid maternity leave, but since 1974, Delta has permitted them to transfer to available ground positions. Plaintiffs charge that the...

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