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HESTER v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 73-1099.

497 F.2d 1374 (1974)

Dollie W. HESTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. R. Cumming, Jr., Carey P. DeDeyn, Atlanta, Ga., Ellsworth Hall, Jr., Macon, Ga., William P. Stallsmith, Jr., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Louise T. Hornsby, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, SIMPSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 16, 1974.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Under this appeal we review a district court order based upon a finding that the appellant Southern Railway ("Southern" or "Railway") discriminated against blacks in hiring for the Data Typist/1050 position at Southern's Atlanta general office. The suit was brought as a class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et seq. (1970). The district...

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