WATERS v. WISCONSIN STEEL WORKS OF INT. HARVESTER CO.

Nos. 73-1822 to 73-1824.

502 F.2d 1309 (1974)

William A. WATERS and Donald Samuels, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN STEEL WORKS OF INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, a corporation, and United Order of American Bricklayers and Stone Masons, Local 21, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED ORDER OF AMERICAN BRICKLAYERS AND STONE MASONS, LOCAL 21, Defendant-Appellant, v. William A. WATERS and Donald Samuels, Plaintiffs-Appellees. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. William A. WATERS and Donald Samuels, Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Chicago, Ill., for William A. Waters and Donald Samuels.

Charles L. Thomas, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Marvin Gittler, Thomas M. Thomas, Thomas A. Gottschalk, Chicago, Ill., for Wisc. Steel Works and International Harvester Co.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 26, 1974.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs William A. Waters and Donald Samuels, both black journeymen bricklayers, appeal from a judgment of the district court entered after a bench trial finding that the defendants had violated both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and section I of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The plaintiffs' appeals center solely...

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