James HEARD, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The MUELLER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 14, 1972.
July 14, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Phillip A. Fleissner, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant; Sizer Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief.
William D. Spears, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Mueller Co.; W. Ferber Tracy, Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief.
John C. Falkenberry, Birmingham, Ala., for United Steelworkers; Bernard Kleiman, Chicago, Ill., Michael H. Gottesman, Bredhoff, Barr, Gottesman, Cohen & Peer, Washington, D. C., Benj. L. Erdreich, John C. Falkenberry, Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., on brief.
Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, PECK, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
This is a Civil Rights action in which the Negro plaintiff-appellant alleged that his former employer,1 the Mueller Company, denied him promotional opportunities by maintaining a departmental seniority system which perpetuates the effects of historic or traditional racial discrimination. This departmental seniority system was established by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the United...
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