WATERS v. PASCHEN CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 64 C 189.

227 F.Supp. 659 (1964)

William WATERS, Clarence Otis, William Smith, Theodore Alston, and Charlie Booker, Plaintiffs, v. PASCHEN CONTRACTORS, INC., Crouch-Walker Company, Bricklayers, Mason & Plasterers International Union of America Local 21, Edward T. Joyce as President of Local 21, John McCarthy as Secretary-Treasurer of Local 21, Henry Jurgenson as Agent of Paschen Contractors, Inc., Crouch-Walker Company and Local 21, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

March 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin M. Murrell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, John J. Faissler, Benjamin L. Jacobson, Joseph E. Gubbins, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MAROVITZ, District Judge.

This is a motion of plaintiffs for a temporary restraining order and a motion of defendants for judgment on the pleadings.

In this class action, brought by five Negro bricklayers, it is charged that defendants have conspired to discriminate against Negroes in hiring practices, in connection with the construction and erection of the Federal Center in Chicago, Illinois. In a general manner, plaintiffs allege violation of the Federal...

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