JAMES v. STOCKHAM VALVES & FITTINGS CO.

No. 75-2176.

559 F.2d 310 (1977)

Patrick JAMES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STOCKHAM VALVES AND FITTINGS CO. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Corrected November 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrius C. Newton, Birmingham, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Barry L. Goldstein, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard A. Cohen, Phoenix, Ariz., Charles L. Reischel, EEOC, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

John C. Falkenberry, Jerome A. Cooper, John J. Coleman, Jr., James P. Alexander, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, CLARK, and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents issues of segregated facilities and programs that were long ago resolved in the courts of this country. The case also raises issues related to job assignment, transfer, promotion, training, recruitment, seniority, and testing; some of the answers to these questions seem clear, but others are still being formulated by legal processes. All of the issues, the settled and the unsettled, are intertwined.

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