United States Eighth Circuit

Union Pacific Railroad's policy of denying coverage for all contraception does not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The PDA does not require coverage of contraception because contraception is not "related to" pregnancy for PDA purposes and is gender-neutral.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/15/2007
• Published 03/15/2007

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, BOWMAN and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ann Elizabeth Reesman, Laura A. Giantris, McGuiness & Williams, Robin S. Conrad, Shane Brennan, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Schleich, Fraser & Stryker, Omaha, NE, Claire Cordon, T. David Copley, Keller & Rohrback, Kelly S. Reese, Roberta N. Riley, Planned Parenthood, Seattle, WA, Sylvester James, Jr., Rick D. Holtsclaw, Defeo & Holtsclaw, Kansas City, MO, Terry L. Fromson, Women's Law Project, Philadelphia, PA, Barbara C. Frankland, Rex A. Sharp, Gunderson & Sharp, Prairie Village, KS, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Brian J. McGrath, Lamson & Dugan, Brenda J. Council, Whitner Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Donald J. Munro, Shea & Gardner, Jeffrey D. Fox, Thomas J. Mikula, Goodwin & Procter, Washington, DC, John S. Chindlund, Prince & Yeates, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant.