UNITED STATES v. UNITED BRO. CARPENTERS & J., LOC. 169

No. 71-1389.

457 F.2d 210 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 169, an unincorporated association, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Schwarz, U.S. Atty., David L. Norman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Division, David L. Rose, Chief, Employment Section, U. S. Department of Justice, Andrew J. Ruzicho, Department of Justice, St. Louis, Mo., Gerald F. George, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Bernard M. Mamet, Chicago, Ill., Gary M. Baxter, Chicago, Ill., on the brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether a construction union may be engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of the employment rights guaranteed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, because it refuses to cooperate with a plan—intended to implement those rights—to which it is not a party.

This action was brought by the Attorney General, who sought relief for violation...

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