This paper discusses pregnancy disability compensation policies. On December 7, 1976, the Supreme Court held in "General Electric v. Gilbert" that exclusion of pregnancy and pregnancy related disabilities from coverage under an otherwise comprehensive temporary disabilities plan was not a violation of Title VII's prohibition of discrimination "against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of...race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." On March 15, 1977 Senator Harrison Williams introduced a bill S.995 "to make clear that the prohibitions against sex in Title VII also encompass and forbid discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions." As of August 1978, the bill had not yet been passed. The issue of pregnancy disability compensation as dealt with by the Burger Court and the 95th Congress provides a clear case study of the way in which a complex issue has been molded differently by two institutional processes each with its own norms, rules, and procedures. This Paper looks at the kinds of information offered the Burger Court and the legislators of the 97th Congress by outside interests and the way the decision makers used this information to develop policies regarding pregnancy disability compensation. (Author/RM)