New York Times obituary on Judith Vladeck.

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In the City University case, filed in 1973, Ms. Vladeck traced salary histories for more than 5,000 female faculty members. The judge ruled that the university had discriminated for 15 years.

When The New York Times asked Ms. Vladeck in 1983 whether she thought the multimillion-dollar settlement had been fair, she gave an answer that appeared as the paper’s quotation of the day: “If we were to calculate the real back pay in this case, they’d have to take Brooklyn College and City College and auction them off to pay for the damages.”

Ms. Vladeck did not represent only women. In the Union Carbide case, in 1983, she argued successfully that John Whittlesley, a labor lawyer, should not have been forced to retire at 65.

Asked if she had ever represented an employer, Ms. Vladeck once told a reporter: “Are you kidding? Never.”

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View Mrs. Vladeck's sex discrimination cases that she won on behalf of working women.