FRANKS v. BOWMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

No. 72-3239.

495 F.2d 398 (1974)

Harold FRANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, Johnny Lee, Intervenor-Appellant, v. BOWMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., for Harold Franks.

Jack Greenberg, William L. Robinson, Morris J. Baller, New York City, for Johnny Lee.

William M. Pate, Atlanta, Ga., for Bowman Transp. Co.

Robert B. Hocutt, James W. Dorsey, Atlanta, Ga., for Union et al.

Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 12, 1974.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

After processing a complaint through the EEOC, appellant Franks brought this racial-discrimination civil rights suit under Title VII, § 706, of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5, and under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 on behalf of himself and those similarly situated against his former employer, Bowman Transportation Company, and his union.

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