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FLOWERS v. LOCAL NO. 6, LABORERS INTERNAT'L U. OF NO. AMER.

No. 18060.

431 F.2d 205 (1970)

Leonidus FLOWERS, Individually and as a representative of a class, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCAL NO. 6, LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (AFL-CIO), Chicago District Council Laborers International Union of North America (AFL-CIO), and Laborers International Union of North America (AFL-CIO), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

August 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Minsky, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip B. Sklover, Stanley P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, Russell Specter, Deputy Gen. Counsel, David R. Cashdan, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Lester Asher, Benjamin L. Jacobson, Marvin Gittler, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Asher, Greenfield, Gubbins & Segall, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge, KERNER, Circuit Judge; and ESCHBACH, District Judge.

ESCHBACH, District Judge.

The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the district court has jurisdiction under Section 706(e), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e), to entertain employment discrimination actions even though the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has determined that no reasonable cause exists to believe the charge is true. The court below concluded that it did not have jurisdiction because a determination...

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