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WOMACK v. LYNN

No. 72-1827.

504 F.2d 267 (1974)

John E. WOMACK, Appellant v. James T. LYNN, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Garey G. Stark, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees.

Lawrence D. Levien and John L. Burke, Jr., Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law as amicus curiae. Roderic V. O. Boggs, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for amicus curiae.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether Section 717(c) of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Pub.L. 92-261, 86 Stat. 111, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-16(c) (1974), which amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 255, to grant federal employees the right to bring employment discrimination claims against the Government in United States District Courts, applies retroactively...

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