RIOS v. ENTERPRISE ASS'N STEAMFITTERS LOC. 638 OF U.A.

Nos. 647, 834, Docket 73-2110, 73-2266.

501 F.2d 622 (1974)

George RIOS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 638 OF U.A. et al., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 638 OF U.A. et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Brook, New York City (Ernest Fleischman, Delson & Gordon, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Enterprise Assn. Steamfitters Local 638 of U. A.

Dennis R. Yeager, New York City (E. Richard Larson, Marilyn R. Walter, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees George Rios, and others.

Joel B. Harris, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., Steven J. Glassman, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee United States.

Before HAYS and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Judge.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Once again we are confronted with questions arising out of the imposition of a specific racial membership goal upon a union as a means of dissipating the effects of its past discrimination against minority applicants for membership. See, e. g., United States v. Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers International Union, Local Union No. 46, 471 F.2d 408 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 412 U.S. 939, 93 S.Ct. 2773, 37 L.Ed...

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