FOREMAN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 6-70389.

473 F.Supp. 166 (1979)

Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants. Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

As Amended June 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Canaday, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs Mickie Foreman, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

Wendell R. Tucker, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.

Douglas E. Cutler, Richard J. Molloy, and Arnold G. Shulman, Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Motor Co.

Noel C. Crowley, Southfield, Mich., for The Bendix Corp.

Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon by John Corbett O'Meara and Kenneth J. McIntyre, Detroit, Mich., for Allied Chemical Corp. and Bower Roller Bearing Division, Federal Mogul Co.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Lehman, Seward & Cooper by Daniel L. Garan, Detroit, Mich., for Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Allied-Kelite Products Division of The Richardson Co.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone by James E. Tobin, Detroit, Mich., for American Standard Industrial, G. A. F. Corp., Parke-Davis & Co., Rockwell International, Rockwell-Standard Company North American Rockwell and William Usery, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Robert H. Worpell, President, McIntosh Division, Detroit, Mich., for O. L. Anderson Co.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg by Thomas L. Munson, James D. Tracy and Bettye S. Elkins, Detroit, Mich., for Ex-Cell-O Corp., National Gypsum Co., Huron Portland Cement Div., Prestyle Manufacturing Co., Division of Roberts Tube Co., Sealtest Foods Division of Kraftco, Uniroyal Inc. and Standard Tube Co., Division of Michigan Seamless Tube Co.

Dahlberg, Mallender & Gawne by Philip A. Grashaff, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for Brooks & Perkins Inc.

Colombo & Colombo by Louis J. Colombo, Jr., Birmingham, Mich., for The Budd Co.

Gerald E. Granadier, Detroit, Mich., for Copco Steel & Engineering Co.

Clark, Klein, Winter, Parsons & Prewitt by H. William Butler, David M. Hayes and Fred W. Batten, Detroit, Mich., for Con Vel Division—Dana Corp., Ferro Manufacturing Corp. and Massey-Ferguson Inc.

Bassey, Selesko, Couzens & Murphy by David M. Lansky, Southfield, Mich., for H. A. Davidson Box Corp.

Frank S. Perkin, Jr., Troy, Mich., for Fruehauf Corp., Kelsey-Hayes Co.

Oscar H. Feldman, James M. Wienner, Detroit, Mich., for Guardian Corp.

Thomas R. McAskin, Romulus, Mich., for Kelsey-Hayes Co.

Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson by W. Robbert Chandler, Detroit, Mich., for Lear Siegler Inc.

Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon by Lawrence G. Campbell, Detroit, Mich., for McLouth Steel Corp.

Riley & Roumell by George T. Roumell, Jr., John F. Brady, Detroit, Mich., for Michigan Dynamics Division of Ambac Industries Inc.

Charles A. Walker and Robert F. Conte, Taylor, Mich., for Molloy Manufacturing Division Masco Corp.; Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg by Thomas L. Munson, James D. Tracy and Bettye S. Elkins, Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Mark R. Hauser, Southfield, Mich., for Parke-Davis & Co.

Freud, Markus, Slavin, Toohey & Galgan by Frank S. Galgan, Troy, Mich., for Prestyle Manufacturing Co., Division of Roberts Tube Co.

Keller, Thoma, Toppin & Schwarze by Thomas L. Fleury, Detroit, Mich., for Putnam United-Greenfield Div. of T R W Inc.

John Corbett O'Meara, Detroit, Mich., for Ready-Power Co., Division of Dyna Technology Inc.

Hertzberg, Jacob & Weingarten by Herbert N. Weingarten, Detroit, Mich., for Reliance Steel Corp., Division of National Industries Inc.

Dyer, Meek, Ruegsegger & Bullard by Lewis M. Slater, Detroit, Mich., for Republic Steel Corp.

Richard G. Gay, Columbus, Ohio, for Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Detroit; John A. MacLeod, Detroit, Mich., Robert M. Draper, Columbus, Ohio, Jon M. Sebaly and Robert J. Brown, c/o Smith & Schancke, Dayton, Ohio, of counsel.

Philip Van Dam, Thomas M. Woods, Asst. U. S. Attys., Detroit, Mich., and Jonathan Waxman, Acting Counsel for Litigation, Beverly J. White, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for William Usery, Secretary, U. S. Dept. of Labor.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., of Mich., Felix E. League and E. J. Setlock, Asst. Attys. Gen., Detroit, Mich., for Keith E. Molin, Director, Michigan Department of Labor and ex officio Michigan Employment Security Commission, S. Martin Taylor, Director, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Frank C. Padzieski, Chairman, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Walter A. Campbell, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Alexander Fuller, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Raymond M. Lyons, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, (All of the above Commissioners in their individual capacities, and as representatives of Employers and Unions) Michigan Employment Security Commission, Robert Baker, Director, Bureau of Employment Services, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Thomas H. Massey, Manpower Services Director, Manager of Employment Services Staff subcontracted to CEP, now CETA.

Corporation Counsel, City of Detroit by William B. Beach, Detroit, Mich., for Coleman R. Young, Mayor, City of Detroit, Frank L. Bigham, Director, Manpower Dept. City of Detroit, CETA Director, Manpower Department of the City of Detroit, formerly Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) of the City of Detroit, Leon W. Shearer, formerly CEP Director, now Director of Information, Manpower Department CETA, City of Detroit.


OPINION AND ORDER

THORNTON, District Judge.

The Court has for consideration motions to dismiss by approximately 50 private corporations, as well as by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Director and various Commissioners and employees of the Michigan Employment Security Commission, and the Mayor of the City of Detroit and various officials associated with the City's Concentrated Employment Program or its Manpower Department or CETA program...

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