Lucy SLEDGE et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellees,
Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, Intervenor-Appellee,
v.
J. P. STEVENS & CO., INC., Appellants.
Lucy SLEDGE, Thomas Hawkins, Herman Jones, Mable Moody Miles, Clara Purnell, Patricia Purnell, Luke Phipps and Marie Robinson, Appellants, and
Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, Intervenor-Appellee,
v.
J. P. STEVENS & CO., INC., Appellee.
Lucy M. SLEDGE et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants,
Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, Intervenor-Appellee,
v.
J. P. STEVENS & COMPANY, INC., Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 16, 1977.
Decided October 4, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Whiteford S. Blakeney, Charlotte, N. C. (Blakeney, Alexander & Machen, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant in 76-1988 and for appellee in 76-2303.
Richard T. Seymour, Washington, D. C. (T. T. Clayton, Clayton & Ballance, Warrenton, N. C., Richard B. Sobol, Washington, D. C., Jack Greenberg, O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, Julius L. Chambers, Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Becton, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants in 76-2303.
Jonathan R. Harkavy, Greensboro, N. C. (Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis & James, Greensboro, N. C., Arthur M. Goldberg, New York City, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO on brief), for appellee in 76-1988 and 76-2150.
Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and Paul E. Mirengoff, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief, as amicus curiae.
Before CRAVEN, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
An across-the-board assault upon the employment practices of the J. P. Stevens & Company, Inc., was initiated on October 2, 1970, when thirteen black residents of North Carolina filed this action seeking individual and class relief against the company.1 The individual plaintiffs, past and present employees of J. P. Stevens' Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, operations, as well as unsuccessful applicants for...
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