IRVIN v. MOHAWK RUBBER COMPANY

No. H 68-C-13.

308 F.Supp. 152 (1970)

Melvin D. IRVIN and Johnie E. Lewis, Plaintiffs, v. MOHAWK RUBBER COMPANY and Local 539, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, E. D.

January 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., Barbara Morris, New York City, for plaintiffs.

J. W. Barron, Little Rock, Ark., J. P. Baker, Jr., West Helena, Ark., Joseph M. Holden, Akron, Ohio, for Mohawk Rubber Co.

James E. Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., for Local 539.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

OREN HARRIS, Chief Judge.

This is a class action brought by the plaintiffs, Melvin D. Irvin and Johnie E. Lewis, Negro employees of the Mohawk Rubber Company, on their behalf and on behalf of other Negroes similarly situated, against the defendants, Mohawk Rubber Company and Local 539, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, AFL-CIO, to enjoin them from continued employment practices and procedures in violation of...

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