PETTWAY v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY

No. 73-1163.

494 F.2d 211 (1974)

Rush PETTWAY et al., etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Robert Belton, Charlotte, N. C., Jack Greenberg, Barry L. Goldstein, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gerald D. Letwin, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

J. R. Forman, Jr., Samuel H. Burr, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BELL and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 22, 1974.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This complex, class action employment discrimination suit was filed on May 13, 1966 under the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981. The racial discrimination charges are derived from complaints filed on November 22, 1965 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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