HADNOTT v. LAIRD

No. 24596.

463 F.2d 304 (1972)

Isiah HADNOTT et al., Appellants, v. Melvin R. LAIRD, individually and in his capacity as Secretary of Defense of the United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1972.

As Amended March 7, 1972.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard B. Sobol, Washington, D.C., with whom Miss Elizabeth Molodovsky, and Messrs. Richard T. Seymour, Washington, D. C., George Cooper, and James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Irwin Goldbloom, Atty., Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Department of Justice, were on the brief, for federal appellees.

Mr. Roberts B. Owen, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. John Vanderstar, and Jerome Ackerman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees American Can Company and Scott Paper Company.

Before ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing an action for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Plaintiffs brought the action on their own behalf and "on behalf of all black employees, applicants for employment, and prospective applicants for employment at the southern facilities" of eleven paper product companies having supply contracts...

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