LOGAN v. GENERAL FIREPROOFING COMPANY

No. 15272.

521 F.2d 881 (1971)

Nettie Mae LOGAN, Appellant, v. The GENERAL FIREPROOFING COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Belton, Charlotte, N. C. (J. LeVonne Chambers, Adam Stein, Charlotte, N. C., Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N. C., William L. Robinson, Sylvia Drew, Jack Greenberg, New York City, and Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Lanning, Charlotte, N. C., on brief) and David Copus, Atty., E. E. O. C. (Stanley P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, David W. Zugschwerdt, Acting Chief, Trial Section, and Marian Halley, Atty., E. E. O. C., on brief), for appellant.

Jesse S. Hogg, Coral Gables, Fla. (J. Toliver Davis, Asheville, N. C., and Greene, Hogg & Allen, Coral Gables, Fla., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Asserting a denial of employment on account of "race and color", the plaintiff filed this individual and class action against the defendant under Sections 2000e and 1981, 42 U.S.C. The appeal is from an order of the District Court granting defendant's motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

The defendant is a furniture manufacturer, with plants in various parts of the United States. Its business is plainly within the scope of...

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