AIELLO v. HANSEN

Nos. C-72-1402 SW, C-72-1547 SW.

359 F.Supp. 792 (1973)

Carolyn AIELLO, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Sigurd HANSEN, as Director of the State Department of Human Resources Development, Defendant. Augustina D. ARMENDARIZ et al., Petitioners, v. Sigurd HANSEN, as Director of the State Department of Human Resources Development, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

May 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Condas, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for Sigurd Hansen.

Jack Levine, Levy & Van Bourg, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioners-intervenors.

Joel Gomberg, Peter H. Weiner, California Rural Legal Assistance, Gilroy, Cal., Wendy Webster Williams, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Redwood City, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Cecilia D. Lannon, Legal Aid Society of Marin County, San Rafael, Cal., for petitioners Armendariz, Johnson and Jaramillo.

Roland C. Davis, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, Cal., for San Francisco Waitresses Union.

Joseph C. Morehead, Wong, Siedman & Lee, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Carolyn Aiello.

Nancy E. Stanley, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., amici curiae.

Before DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS and ZIRPOLI, District Judges.


OPINION

ZIRPOLI, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and other women similarly situated, challenge the provision of California Unemployment Insurance Code § 2626 which exempts pregnancy-related work loss from the coverage of the state disability insurance program until 28 days after the termination of pregnancy.1 Each suffered a pregnancy-related disability and...

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