PRICE v. CITY OF FORT WAYNE

No. 96-2249.

117 F.3d 1022 (1997)

Katherine L. PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT WAYNE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. James (argued), Jack E. Morris, Benson, Pantello, Morris & James, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Timothy McCauley (argued), Helmke, Beams, Boyer & Wagner, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In 1993 Congress passed, and the President signed, the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA or Act). Pub.L. 103-3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6. Congress found that the Act was needed to help balance the burden of caretaking among family members and also to balance the demands of the workplace with the demands of the family. See 29 U.S.C. § 2601. Divisions of labor along gender lines were recognized as a powerful force in the American...

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