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THORNTON v. EAST TEXAS MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.

No. 71-1303.

454 F.2d 197 (1972)

J. D. THORNTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor-Appellant, v. EAST TEXAS MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Reischel, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Stanley P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, John de J. Pemberton, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Julia P. Cooper, Chief, Appellate Section, Martin Slate, Atty., E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., on brief.

Charles L. Reischel, Atty., E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., on brief as amicus curiae.

Richard C. Hotvedt, Washington, D. C., and L. N. D. Wells, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for appellees; James W. Watson, Memphis, Tenn., Richard C. Hotvedt, Harry A. Rissetto, Washington, D. C., on brief for East Texas Motor Freight, Inc.; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Mullinax, Wells, Mauzy & Collins, by L. N. D. Wells, Jr., Dallas, Tex., on brief for International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Southern Conference of Teamsters and Teamsters Local 667.

Before KENT, Circuit Judge, O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROTH, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, employing Rule 24(b), F.R.Civ.P., sought to intervene in a cause pending between J. D. Thornton and others against East Texas Motor Freight and Local 667 of the Teamsters Union. The motion for intervention was denied by District Judge Harry W. Wellford of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Plaintiffs were employees of defendant East Texas Motor Freight...

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