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INTERN. WOODWORKERS, ETC. v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 77-1308.

568 F.2d 64 (1977)

INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, CLC and its Local 5-475, Appellants, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1977.

Petition for Rehearing or Modification Denied January 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Robert S. Lindsey, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee; Kathlyn G. Farrar, Little Rock, Ark., L. Philip McClendon, Crossett, Ark., and Charles K. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., on the brief.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, and WANGELIN, District Judge.

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

International Woodworkers of America and its Local 5-475 (hereinafter collectively referred to as IWA), which represent workers in appellee Georgia-Pacific's forestry, chemical, and plywood facilities in Crossett, Arkansas, brought this class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The complaint asked damages and injunctive relief alleging racially discriminatory employment practices on the part of...

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