NOVACK v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. C9-94-900.

525 N.W.2d 592 (1995)

Holly NOVACK, et al., Appellants, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Respondent, Republic Airlines, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Goldstein, Kristine Poplawski, Colleen Martin, Saperstein, Mayeda & Goldstein, Oakland, CA, Paul C. Sprenger, Susan M. Coler, Sprenger & Lang, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Thomas Tinkham, Jean Holloway, David Y. Trevor, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Helen Norton, Donna R. Lenhoff, Judith L. Lichtman, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Mary E. Hartnett, Rebecca A. Matthias, Nancy J. Rosenfeld, Washington, DC, for defendant.

Mark Greenman, Law Offices of Wayne Kenas, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Women's Legal Defense Fund.

Considered and decided by PARKER, P.J., and KALITOWSKI and FOLEY, JJ.


OPINION

DANIEL F. FOLEY, Judge.*

Flight attendants claim that Northwest Airlines' 5'2" minimum height requirement violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act and (1) challenge the trial court's statutory interpretation of Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. 11 (1992); (2) allege that the record lacks sufficient evidence to support Northwest Airlines' proffered business justification; and (3) argue that the court erred by failing to certify...

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