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MERRIWEATHER v. HERCULES, INC.

No. 79-1554.

631 F.2d 1161 (1980)

Clarence MERRIWEATHER et al., Plaintiffs, Charles H. Hood and Vallie J. Cunningham, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. HERCULES, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants, Hercules, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. V. Stelzenmuller, D. Frank Davis, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Adams & Clemon, O. Williams Adams, III, Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs appellees cross-appellants.

Before VANCE and GARZA, Circuit Judges and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 13, 1981.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

In 1974, seventeen black employees of Hercules, Inc. sought a class action against the company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1976, a consent decree was signed by the district court resolving the dispute between the class and the company. The consent decree included a provision, however, which allowed four individuals to submit their cases to a special master...

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