LACY v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Nos. 74-1949, 74-1981 and 75-1077.

533 F.2d 353 (1976)

Mary LACY, Appellant, v. CHRYSLER CORP., Appellee. Yvonne HARRIS, Appellant, v. SHERWOOD MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, Appellee. Jimmie WHITFIELD, Appellant, v. CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Tessler, Clayton, Mo., for appellant Lacy in No. 74-1949.

David A. Lang, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Harris in No. 74-1981.

David A. Lang, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Whitfield in No. 75-1077.

Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, EEOC, Washington, D. C., for EEOC amicus. William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel and Juan R. Rivera, Attys., EEOC, Washington, D. C., filed brief for amicus curiae. Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg and Charles L. Reischel, Attys., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., filed supplemental brief for amicus curiae.

Charles A. Newman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee Chrysler in No. 74-1949. Charles A. Newman and Edwin D. Akers, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., filed brief and supplemental brief for appellee.

D. J. Sullivan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee Sherwood Medical Industries, Inc., in No. 74-1981. Brief and supplemental brief for appellee were filed by D. J. Sullivan and Timothy L. Stalnaker, St. Louis, Mo.

Mark S. Dichter, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Certain-Teed Prod. Co., in No. 75-1077. Brief and supplemental brief for appellee were filed by Mark S. Dichter and Joseph I. Goldstein, Philadelphia, Pa., and Eugene K. Buckley, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and LAY, HEANEY, BRIGHT, ROSS, STEPHENSON, WEBSTER, and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, en banc.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In these three consolidated appeals, appellants (plaintiffs in the district court) urge that the trial courts erred in dismissing their actions by ruling that the 90-day period to commence individual civil actions against an employer under provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended,1 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Supp. II, 1972), begins...

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