SMITH v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 74-1486.

518 F.2d 68 (1975)

Robert Lee SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY and Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Local 10808, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Russell B. Ennix, Nashville, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Morris Baller, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond Whiteaker, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Patrick M. Scanlon, Sallie Thompson, Atlanta, Ga., Cecil D. Branstetter, Nashville, Tenn., Thomas W. Moore, John Carey, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE, PECK and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PECK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant charged in his district court class action complaint that defendant-appellee South Central discriminatorily denied his requests for transfer to frameman and for promotions to cable splicer and PBX installer-repairman in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 2000e et seq. (1970). Appellant, who is black, charged defendant-appellee Local 10808 with acquiescing in South Central's purportedly racially discriminatory...

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