OATIS v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION

No. 25307.

398 F.2d 496 (1968)

John Martin OATIS, David Johnson, Sr., and R. T. Young, Appellants, v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, New Orleans, La., Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Joseph Ray Terry, Jr., New Orleans, La., George Cooper, New York City, Joan Elaine Chauvin, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Michael J. Molony, Jr., Revius O. Ortique, Jr., C. Paul Barker, New Orleans, La., Russell Specter, David Cashdan, Frank M. Dunbaugh, Robert T. Moore, Michael R. Flicker, Washington, D. C., Robert K. McCalla, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether membership in a class action brought under § 706(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(e), is restricted to individuals who have filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The District Court answered in the affirmative. Mondy v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation, E.D.La., 1967, 271 F.Supp. 258, 264-266. Being of...

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