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WATKINS v. WASHINGTON

Nos. 71-1897, 71-1954.

472 F.2d 1373 (1972)

Joseph T. WATKINS, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, et al., Appellants, v. Walter E. WASHINGTON, Commissioner for the District of Columbia, et al. Joseph T. WATKINS, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, et al. v. Walter E. WASHINGTON, Commissioner for the District of Columbia, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Amy Scupi, Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. William Karas, Bethesda, Md., was on the brief, for appellants in No. 71-1897 and appellees in No. 71-1954.

Mr. David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees in No. 71-1897 and appellants in No. 71-1954.

Messrs. Bruce I. Waxman and James L. Neustadt, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO) as amicus curiae.

Before Mr. Justice CLARK and WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Watkins, a housing inspector for the District of Columbia, filed a complaint under the District's Equal Employment Opportunity Order alleging that the Housing Division of the Department of Licenses and Inspections (now a part of the Department of Economic Development) discriminated against nonwhites in hiring, promotion and other personnel policies. Hearings were held before a three-member Hearing Committee which rendered its...

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