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ROBINSON v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 75-1008.

538 F.2d 652 (1976)

Freddie D. ROBINSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, etc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Melvyn Leventhal, New York City, Caryl P. Privett, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vincent McAlister, Sheffield, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

Nine blacks (appellants) filed a civil rights action against Union Carbide Corporation, charging it with various discriminatory employment practices perpetrated at the Chickasaw, Alabama plant. On appellants' motion the district court certified the case as a class action filed in behalf of:

Those black job applicants who had an outstanding job application at the time of the commencement of this cause and those black job applicants...

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