DOBBINS v. LOCAL 212, INTERNATIONAL BRO. OF ELEC. WKRS.

Civ. A. Nos. 6421, 6473.

292 F.Supp. 413 (1968)

Anderson L. DOBBINS, Plaintiff, v. LOCAL 212, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America by Ramsey CLARK, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 212, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Ohio, W. D.

Orders October 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Pollak, Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Kirby, Jr., Michael J. Lightfoot, Gregory E. Fischbach, Attys., Dept. of Justice, E. Winther McCroom, First Asst. U. S. Atty., for the United States.

Norris Muldrow, Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert L. Carter, New York City, Richard F. Bellman, New York City, for plaintiff Dobbins.

Robert I. Doggett, and Smith, Latimer, Doggett & Swing, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant Local 212.

James W. Hengelbrok, and Gorman, Davis & Hengelbrok, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant J. A. T. C.


OPINION

HOGAN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTORY

Section I.

Somewhere between these two extremes lies the answer to the problem raised in this case. The Local Union 212 (hereinafter referred to as "U") has approximately 800 journeymen members. All are White (hereinafter abbreviated as "W"). U not only does not have, but it never has had a Negro (hereinafter abbreviated as "N") member. That is one extreme. As the Fifth Circuit said in State...

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