NORMAN v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD

No. 74-1102.

497 F.2d 594 (1974)

John W. NORMAN et al., Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Morris, New York City, for appellants.

G. Ross Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 10, 1974.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This action, alleging deprivation of rights guaranteed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and by 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, was instituted in 1966 by ten black persons individually and as representatives of the class of train porters employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. An amended complaint deleted the class action counts and...

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