Karen Condit & Mary E. Oravec v. United Air Lines, Inc., 558 F.2d 1176 (4th Cir. 1977). · Go Syfert
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Karen Condit & Mary E. Oravec v. United Air Lines, Inc., 558 F.2d 1176 (4th Cir. 1977). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
31 citation events across 11 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Murnane v. American Airlines, Inc. (dcd, 1979-12-18)
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1977 2001 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 3 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "see" Murnane v. American Airlines, Inc. (2×)
D.D.C. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See Condit v. United Air Lines, Inc., 558 F.2d 1176 (4th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 934 , 98 S.Ct. 1510 , 55 L.Ed.2d 531 (1978).
cited Cited "see" 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1513, 17 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8586 in Re Consolidated Pretrial Proceedings in the Airline Cases. Appeal of American Airlines, Inc., and Trans World Airlines, Inc
7th Cir. · 1978 · signal: see · confidence high
See Condit v. United Air Lines, 558 F.2d 1176 (4th Cir. 1977), Cert. denied, 535 U.S. 934 , 98 S.Ct. 1510 , 55 L.Ed.2d 531 (1978).
cited Cited "see" In re Consolidated Pretrial Proceedings in the Airline Cases
7th Cir. · 1978 · signal: see · confidence high
See Condit v. United Air Lines, 558 F.2d 1176 (4th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 934 , 98 S.Ct. 1510 , 55 L.Ed.2d 531 (1978).
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Karen CONDIT and Mary E. Oravec, Appellants,
v.
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Appellee
76-2296.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Jul 28, 1977.
558 F.2d 1176
Martin J. Flynn, Washington, D. C. (Wendy S. White, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants., Kenneth A. Knutson, Chicago, 111. (Joseph A. Rafferty, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Earl G. Dolan, Chicago, 111., on brief), for appellee., Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager and Marilyn S. G. Ur-witz, Attys., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief as amicus curiae.
Winter, Butzner, Hall.
Cited by 22 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM:

Karen Condit, a stewardess representing a class composed of herself and all others similarly situated, and Mary E. Oravec, an intervenor, appeal from an order of the district court holding that the maternity leave policy of United Air Lines, Inc., constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification under § 703(e) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(e)). We affirm.

United requires that all stewardesses discontinue flying as soon as they become aware that they are pregnant. The stewardesses contend that each stewardess should be allowed to continue working as long as she can safely perform her duties.

The district court found, on conflicting expert testimony, that pregnancy could incapacitate a stewardess in ways that might threaten the safe operation of aircraft. It therefore concluded that United’s policy of refusing to allow stewardesses to fly from the time they learned they were pregnant was consistent with a common carrier’s duty to exercise the highest degree of care for the safety of its passengers. *

The district court’s ruling that United’s policy is a bona fide occupational qualification is based on findings of fact which, on the evidence presented by this record, are[*1177] not clearly erroneous. Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

*

In the only other reported case on the subject that has been brought to our attention, the court held that a pregnant stewardess can be automatically barred from flying under the bona fide occupational qualification rationale only after the twentieth week. In re National Airlines, Inc., Maternity Leave Practices and Flight Attendant Weight Program Litigation, 434 F.Supp. 269 (S.D.Fla.1977).