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FRANK v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 98-15638, 98-16687.

216 F.3d 845 (2000)

Leslie FRANK; Pat Parnell; Susan Broderick; Carole Kirk; Nichkol Melanson; Sandra Huff; Diane Davis; Sharon Benjamin; Sharron K. Taylor; Bland Lane; Joan Balla Weaver; Donna Durkin; Ellen McCormick, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith J. Benay, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Tom A. Jerman, Douglas E. Dexter, and David J. Reis, O'Melveny & Myers, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

From 1980 to 1994, defendant United Airlines, Inc. ("United") required flight attendants to comply with maximum weight requirements based on sex, height and age. Failure to maintain weight below the applicable maximum subjected a flight attendant to various forms of discipline, including suspension without pay and termination. In 1992, plaintiffs filed this action on behalf of a class of female flight attendants to challenge these weight...

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