EQUAL EMP. OPPORTUNITY COM'N v. AM. NAT. BANK

No. 76-2452.

574 F.2d 1173 (1978)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, Appellee, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Ng, Atty., E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C. (Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

Paul M. Thompson, Washington, D. C. (Jack W. Burtch, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Avrum M. Goldberg and Marc E. Lackritz, Robert E. Nagle, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Robert E. Williams and Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D. C., on brief), for amicus curiae, Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought this suit alleging that since May, 1969, American National Bank has engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination against blacks in violation of § 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2. On the bank's motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed the action because of unreasonable delay prejudicing the bank.*

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