27 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1495, 25 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,770, 2 Employee Benefits Ca 1291 Frances Wambheim, Individually and on Behalf of All Women Similarly Situated, and Catherine Heggelund, Individually and on Behalf of All Women Similarly Situated, in Intervention and v. J. C. Penney Company, Inc., And

642 F.2d 362 27 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1495 , 25 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,770 , 2 Employee Benefits Ca 1291 Frances WAMBHEIM, individually and on behalf of all women similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Catherine Heggelund, individually and on behalf of all women similarly situated, Plaintiff in Intervention and Appellant, v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellee. No. 79-3306. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 12, 1981. Decided April 20, 1981. Vella M. Fink, Washington, D. C., Bonjour, Gough, Stone & Remer, Hayward, Cal., on brief; Deborah Reik, Washington, D.C., Kerry M. Gough, Hayward, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellant. Don T. Hibner, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief; David W. Farrar, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendant and appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court Northern District of California. Before FARRIS and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and CRAIG, * District Judge. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs Frances Wambheim and Catherine Heggelund brought a class action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 alleging that two policies of J.C. Penney Co. violate Title VII of the…