MACKLIN v. SPECTOR FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

Nos. 71-1259, 71-1517 and 71-1620.

478 F.2d 979 (1973)

Saul MACKLIN et al., Appellants v. SPECTOR FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., et al. Saul MACKLIN et al. v. DRIVERS, CHAUFFEURS AND HELPERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 639, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Paul Noble, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas O. Mann, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants in Nos. 71-1259 and 71-1517. Henry Schoenfeld, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants in Nos. 71-1259 and 71-1517.

Harry A. Rissetto, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles P. O'Connor, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Spector Freight Systems, Inc. William J. Curtin, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee Spector Freight Systems, Inc.

Hugh J. Beins, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas L. Moser, Arlington, Va., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 71-1620.

James van R. Springer, Washington, D. C., for appellee International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. Raymond W. Bergan and Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. Sidney Dickstein, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America.

Charles Hodge, of the bar of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as amicus curiae. Julia P. Cooper, Washington, D. C., and Peter A. Janiak, Oakland, Cal., were on the brief for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This class action involves allegations of racial discrimination against one of the nation's largest trucking firms, Spector Freight Systems, Inc., against one of the nation's most powerful unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, and against Teamsters Local 639 which represents drivers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Appellant Macklin was a member...

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