PALMER v. SHULTZ

Nos. 85-6101, 85-6102.

815 F.2d 84 (1987)

Alison PALMER, et al., Appellants v. George P. SHULTZ, As Secretary of State. Marguerite COOPER, et al., Appellants v. George P. SHULTZ, As Secretary of State.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1987.

As Amended March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, with whom Ellen Kabcenell Wayne, Washington, D.C., was on brief for appellants.

Stuart Henry Newberger, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence and Diane M. Sullivan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Bettina M. Lawton, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for amicus curiae, Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, urging reversal.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, BORK, Circuit Judge, and HAROLD GREENE, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

In this action, a class of women plaintiffs allege various forms of unlawful employment discrimination in the Foreign Service from 1976 to 1983. After a trial, the District Court found that no unlawful discrimination had occurred. See 616 F.Supp. 1540 (D.D.C.1985). This appeal followed. The record, however...

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