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BELCHER v. BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 77-1087.

588 F.2d 904 (1978)

Alease BELCHER, Esther Britten, Willis T. Brown, George W. Conner, Joanna H. Conner, John R. France, Calvin M. Hairston, Lillie Mae Hairston, Vexter P. Hairston, Robert Hightower, Virginia W. Hightower, Vivian Hightower, Elizabeth Johnson, Charles Manns, Alma R. Martin, Blanche Menefee, Dorothy J. Moore, Genevive Neville, Frank E. Redd, Ben F. Shelton, Dora M. Swanson, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Appellees, v. BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC., Bassett Chair Co., Bassett Furniture Co., J. D. Bassett Manufacturing Co., Bassett Superior Lines, Bassett Table Co., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Alexander, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (L. Dale McGhee, Bassett, Va., Blakeney, Alexander & Machen, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants.

John W. Douglas, Washington, D. C. (David J. Cynamon, Thomas S. Williamson, Jr., Covington & Burling, Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Robert B. Wallace, Washington, D. C., Ruth L. Harvey, Danville, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs/appellees, a group of past and present employees of the defendant/appellant, have filed a discrimination action, both in their individual capacities and as class representatives, charging, in separate causes of action, both sex and racial discrimination. The allegations of discrimination in both counts are stated in exactly the same "boiler-plate," standardized language, without...

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