ROMAN v. ESB, INC.

No. 73-2423.

550 F.2d 1343 (1976)

Miriam Conyers ROMAN et al., Appellants, v. ESB, INCORPORATED, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Weyand, Washington, D.C., Margaret C. Poles, Alexandria, Va. (Winn Newman, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants.

J. Hamilton Stewart, III (Homer L. Deakins, Jr., Thompson, Ogletree & Deakins, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellee.

William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel, Caliph Johnson, Attys., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., on brief for amicus curiae for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, WINTER, CRAVEN, BUTZNER, RUSSELL, Circuit Judges, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought by 441 plaintiffs, black former employees of appellee ESB, Incorporated. The case arises under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court, following trial on the merits, dismissed the action and entered judgment for the defendant ESB. We affirm.

The action was brought initially under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. §...

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