26 Fair empl.prac.cas. 601, 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,921 Carole A. Gerdom v. Continental Airlines, Inc., Union of Flight Attendants, Local 1 v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

648 F.2d 1223 26 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 601 , 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,921 Carole A. GERDOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, LOCAL 1, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. No. 79-3215. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1981. Decided June 22, 1981. Jay D. Roth, Taylor, Roth & Grant, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant; Barrett D. Litt (on brief). Willard Z. Carr, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee; H. Frederick Tepker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Michael Ryan, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SNEED and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON * , District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs contend that Continental Airlines' weight requirements for its flight attendants violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1976), because they discriminate on the basis of sex. They advance both adverse impact and disparate treatment arguments in support of their claim. We affirm the district…