GIBSON v. LOCAL 40, SUPERCARGOES & CHECKERS, ETC.

Nos. 73-3358 and 74-1923.

543 F.2d 1259 (1976)

Booker GIBSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOCAL 40, SUPERCARGOES AND CHECKERS OF the INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Marmaduke (argued), Tonkon, Torp & Galen, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Raymond J. Conboy and Marshall C. Cheney, Jr. (argued), Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Appellants brought this class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., against Supercargoes and Checkers Local 40; its parent, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU); and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), an association of shipping, terminal, and stevedoring companies. Appellants charge that appellees discriminate against appellants and other black persons in the...

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