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PENN v. SCHLESINGER

No. 72-3684.

490 F.2d 700 (1973)

Willie PENN, Individually, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James R. SCHLESINGER, Individually and as Secretary of Defense, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted March 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Morton Hollander, David Anderson, Walter H. Fleischer, James C. Hair, Jr., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

Morris S. Dees, Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., J. L. Chestnut, Jr., Selma, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted March 15, 1974.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b)1 raises three questions: (1) Whether racial discrimination in hiring and promotion by federal agencies is actionable by discriminatees; (2) Whether such claims of discrimination are barred by sovereign immunity; and (3) Whether these plaintiffs exhausted available administrative remedies before filing...

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