30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1674, 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,747 Margaret Thornberry, Patricia Farmer, Delores O'sullivan, and Linda Magel, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

676 F.2d 1240 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1674 , 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,747 Margaret THORNBERRY, Patricia Farmer, Delores O'Sullivan, and Linda Magel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Nos. 81-4182, 81-4197. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 10, 1982. Decided May 5, 1982. As Corrected May 13, 1982. As Modified June 4, 1982. Elizabeth G. Leavy, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for Thornberry; Gerald E. Magaro, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Gilmore F. Diekmann, Jr., Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for Delta Air Lines. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, FERGUSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Several appeals and cross-appeals are involved in this case. All of the appeals and cross-appeals, however, are directed to the appropriateness of the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to attorneys representing a class of female employees in a Title VII suit against Delta Air…