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EATON v. COURTAULDS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 76-2457.

578 F.2d 87 (1978)

Freddie EATON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COURTAULDS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Jack Greenberg, O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul W. Brock, Benjamin T. Rowe, William C. Tidwell, III, Mobile, Ala., for Courtaulds.

Otto E. Simon, Mobile, Ala., for Local 1465, etc.

John C. Falkenberry, Birmingham, Ala., Arthur Goldberg and Linda M. Nelson, A.C. T.W.U., New York City, for Textile Workers Union of America.

Before CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.

GEE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal revolves around the interpretation of one section of a consent decree entered into by the parties and accepted by the district court in 1973.

The consent decree in question settled the claims of a group of black employees who had initiated an action under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., against Courtaulds of North America and against the local and national units of the Textile Workers...

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