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WILSON v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 85-1138, 86-1552, 87-1083 and 87-1383.

880 F.2d 807 (1989)

Gregory R. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Gregory R. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. Gregory R. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Mark N. Peeples, Intervenor-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Intervenor-Appellee v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. Gregory R. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Intervenor-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Molberg, Donald J. Maison, Jr., Wilson, Williams & Molberg, Dallas, Tex., for Gregory R. Wilson.

Shelton E. Padgett, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, Tex., for Southwest Airlines, Inc.

G. William Baab, Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, Dallas, Tex., for Transport Workers Union of America.

George B. Flint, Dallas, Tex., for other interested party — Women's Center of Dallas.

Before GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Gregory R. Wilson filed a class action suit against Southwest Airlines, alleging that Southwest's policy of hiring only female flight attendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the liability trial in which the district court found for the class, the court approved the parties' consent decree, under which, inter alia, Southwest gave male hires retroactive seniority and created a $1 million back-pay fund...

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