CLARK v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL. CO.

Civ. A. No. 75-0526.

419 F.Supp. 697 (1976)

Versa O. CLARK et al., and Intervenors, Donald Riggs and Billy Ray Jordan v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

September 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Piper, Jr., Frank E. Brown, Jr., Piper & Brown, Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs and intervenors.

T. Haller Jackson, Jr., Jeffrey P. Victory, Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Shreveport, La., John C. Carey, Jr., Gen. Counsel, South Central Bell Tel. Co., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant South Central Bell.

R. Jan Jennings, Patrick M. Scanlon, Adair, Goldthwaite, Stanford & Daniel, Atlanta, Ga., Charles B. Peatross, Wilkinson, Carmody & Peatross, Shreveport, La., for defendants Local 10411.


OPINION

STAGG, District Judge.

Plaintiffs and intervenors, black employees and former employees of South Central Bell Telephone Company, brought this action against the Company and the unions of which they were members, Communications Workers of America and its Local 10411, alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in hiring, assignments, and promotions. They sought to represent a large class of applicants, employees, and former employees whom they alleged...

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