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WATKINS v. SCOTT PAPER CO.

No. 74-1001.

530 F.2d 1159 (1976)

Eligh WATKINS et al., Individually and on behalf of other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. SCOTT PAPER COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Kent Spriggs, Tallahassee, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Morris J. Baller, New York City, for Watkins and others.

Richard A. Gladstone, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., Amicus Curiae.

Frank McRight, Mobile, Ala., John Vanderstar, Washington, D. C., for Scott Paper Co.

Benajmin Erdreich, John C. Falkenberry, Birmingham, Ala., for United Paperworkers International Union.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case presents, once again, the difficulties inherent in an employer's obligation to comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, by undoing the effects of past racial discrimination in employment.

Five named plaintiffs brought this suit as a class action on behalf of an "affected class" of black employees at the Mobile, Alabama pulp and paper mill of Scott Paper Company (Scott).

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