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CORMIER v. P. P. G. INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 751320.

519 F.Supp. 211 (1981)

Melvin J. CORMIER, et al. v. P. P. G. INDUSTRIES, INC. and Local 470 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

June 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Etta Kay Hearn, Baton Rouge, La., Mark T. McDonald, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Robert K. McCalla and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., McCalla, Thompson, Pyburn & Ridley, New Orleans, La., Oliver P. Stockwell and Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for defendants P.P.G. Industries, Inc.

Robert T. Jacques, Drewett, Jacques & Thomas, Lake Charles, La., for Local 470, International Ass'n of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

OPINION

VERON, District Judge.

This class action was brought under the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C., Section 2000e, et seq. (Title VII) and under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981.

The court bifurcated the trial and tried the question of liability, leaving the damage question to be decided later, depending on the outcome of the question of liability.

Plaintiffs are black employees employed at the chemical...

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