LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS v. HAMPTON

No. 72-1961.

501 F.2d 843 (1974)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS et al., Appellants, v. Robert E. HAMPTON, Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commissioner, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Rocha, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for appellants. John R. Kramer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellants.

Richard S. Vermeire, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and William H. Schweitzer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILKEY, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge for the District of Nebraska.


VAN PELT, Senior District Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a class action instituted by the appellants on October 22, 1971, challenging the hiring practices of the United States Civil Service Commission and federal agencies with respect to Spanish-surnamed individuals. The appellants are: the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), an incorporated association composed of Latin-American citizens concerned with economic and social problems that...

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