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JONES v. TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

No. 74-1991.

512 F.2d 1 (1975)

Willie B. JONES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Spriggs, Tallahassee, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Legal Defense Fund, Morris J. Baller, Marilyn Holifield, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ernest M. Page, Jr., Madison, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

In December, 1971, Willie B. Jones, James A. Ealy, and John C. McGhee, appellants herein, applied for jobs with Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned co-operative public utility engaged in the distribution of electric power to rural consumers. All three appellants are black residents of Madison County, Florida. The appellants were not hired. When, without telling them of the openings, Tri-County filled two vacancies in January...

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