DOUGLAS v. HAMPTON

No. 72-1376.

512 F.2d 976 (1975)

Jesse DOUGLAS et al., Appellants, v. Robert E. HAMPTON, Chairman of Civil Service Commission, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules M. Perlberg, Chicago, Ill., with whom Davis S. Tatel, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief, for appellants.

John J. Mulrooney, 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. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Beatrice Rosenberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, E. E. O. C., with whom Julia P. Cooper, Chief, Appellate Section, and Philip B. Sklover, Atty., E. E. O. C., were on the brief for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as amicus curiae.

Before McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEWS, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Columbia.


SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

The named appellants in this class action are eight black college graduates who were recruited by the Chicago Regional Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for participation in HUD's Urban Intern Program. The program was designed to bring qualified minority group citizens into responsible positions within the agency. Three appellants1 were hired as temporary employees...

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