COX v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY

No. 16937.

409 F.2d 289 (1969)

Adeline L. COX et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 142, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Leeney, Hammond, Ind., for appellant.

Harold D. Burgess, Charles B. Mahin, John A. Jeffries, Marvin Gittler, Benjamin L. Jacobson, Lester Asher, for appellees, Spray, Price, Hough & Cushman, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before DUFFY and HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Seven women brought this action against their employer, United States Gypsum Company, and their union, claiming discrimination on account of their sex in terminating their employment. The action was brought under sec. 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5, relating to enforcement of the equal employment opportunities provisions of the act.

The district court dismissed...

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