AMERITECH BEN. PLAN COMMITTEE v. COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA

Nos. 98-3096, 98-3101, 98-3102.

220 F.3d 814 (2000)

AMERITECH BENEFIT PLAN COMMITTEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA, Annette Foster-Hall, et al., Defendants-Appellants. and Bernadette Bernabei, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ameritech Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 2000

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 7, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Holzhauer (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Steven L. Platt, Arnold & Kadjan, Chicago, IL, Mary E. Signorille, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC, Cynthia C. Schafer, Ohio Telephone Bell Co., Cleveland, OH, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Mary K. O'Melveny, Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC, for Communication Workers of America.

Robert J. Tscholl, Canton, OH, for Bernabei.

Michael B. Erp, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, IL, Douglas M. Morehart (argued), Haverkamp, Brinker, Rebold & Reihk Co., Cincinnati, OH, for Foster-Hall, Gibson, Kloess, Leach, Parrish.

Robert J. Gregory (argued), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, C. Gregory Stewart, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Indianapolis, IN, for amicus curiae E.E.O.C.

Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 7, 2000*

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case is about the present consequences of the way in which Ameritech Corporation (and its predecessors) computed time for purposes of its pension plan, early retirement, and similar benefits, when the reason for an approved absence from work was pregnancy rather than any other short-term disability. (For the sake of convenience, we refer...

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