BOWE v. COLGATE, PALMOLIVE COMPANY

No. 72-1343.

489 F.2d 896 (1973)

Thelma BOWE et al., Plaintiffs, v. COLGATE, PALMOLIVE COMPANY et al., Defendants. Appeal of Georgianna SELLERS et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia S. Ellison, Caruthers G. Berger, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Thomas C. Galligan, New York City, Jerry Anker, Washington, D. C., Herbert L. Segal, Hubert T. Willis, Louisville, Ky., John O. Moss, Indianapolis, Ind., Marion W. Garnett, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This case involves job restrictions and a seniority system at the Jeffersonville plant of Colgate-Palmolive Company which produced results discriminatory against female employees. Many of the relevant facts appear in the 1967 decision of the district court, Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Company, 272 F.Supp. 332 (S.D.Ind., 1967). The district court found that discrimination had occurred and awarded damages...

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