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McDONALD v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Nos. 83-3013, 84-1237.

745 F.2d 1081 (1984)

Liane Buix McDONALD, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Association of Flight Attendants, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1984.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen B. Moldof, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, Danae K. Prousis, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and EDWARDS, and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is but the latest step in the long and tortuous attempt by former United Airlines ("United") stewardesses to obtain a remedy for sex-based discrimination. This discrimination was engendered by United's former rule which required that all female flight attendants resign their jobs upon marriage. While the rule itself was abrogated in 1968 and its illegality was definitively determined in 1971, litigation to determine the precise form...

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