ELLIS v. NAVAL AIR REWORK FACILITY, ALAMEDA, CAL.

Nos. C-73-1794 WHO, C-73-2241 WHO, C-74-0028 WHO, C-74-0489 WHO, C-74-0520 WHO, C-74-0764 WHO, C-74-1286 WHO, C-75-0820 WHO and C-75-0886 WHO.

404 F.Supp. 391 (1975)

Joseph L. ELLIS et al. v. NAVAL AIR REWORK FACILITY, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, et al. Etta B. SAUNDERS, Individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v. John W. WARNER, in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy, et al. (two cases). Jadell BELL, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. John W. WARNER, in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy, et al. Gwendolyn DAWSON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, et al. Moses SAUNDERS and Willie Lewis, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. NAVAL AIR REWORK FACILITY, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, et al. Manuel F. ALVARADO and Jose D. Terrazas, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. NAVAL AIR REWORK FACILITY, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, et al. Hargrow D. BARBER, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. James W. MIDDENDORF, II, in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy, et al. Hargrow D. BARBER, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. James W. MIDDENDORF, II, in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy, et al.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford C. Sweet, John H. Erickson, Thomas Schneider, Miriam Morse, Malcolm B. Hunter, Robert Ramsey, Jr., Roger A. Clay, Jr., Oakland, Cal., John George, Berkeley, Cal., for Joseph Ellis.

Lowell Johnston, William E. Hickman, San Francisco, Cal., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Charles Stephen Ralston, Eric Schnapper, New York City, Howard Moore, Jr., Berkeley, Cal., for Etta B. Saunders.

William E. Hickman, William Bennett Turner, Lowell Johnston, San Francisco, Cal., Howard Moore, Jr., Berkeley, Cal., for Jadell Bell.

Clifford C. Sweet, John H. Erickson, Alice M. Beasley, Roger A. Clay, Jr., Thomas Schneider, Miriam Steinbock, Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Oakland, Cal., for Gwendolyn Dawson, Moses Saunders and Manuel F. Alvarado.

Howard Moore, Jr., Berkeley Cal., for Hargrow D. Barber.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., John F. Cooney, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Civ. Div., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OPINION

ORRICK, District Judge.

In these nine consolidated actions brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.), minority civilian employees at the Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) and the Naval Air Station (NAS) in Alameda, California, allege discrimination on the basis of race and sex. Plaintiffs have moved to certify a class action pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and defendants...

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