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E. E. O. C. v. GENERAL TEL. CO. OF NORTHWEST

No. 78-1849.

599 F.2d 322 (1979)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the NORTHWEST, INC., and West Coast Telephone Company of California, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Local Union No. 89, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dickens (argued), of Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Vincent J. Blackwood, Atty. (argued), Abner W. Sibal, Charles L. Reischel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Avrum M. Goldberg, William R. Weissman, Alfred M. Wurglitz, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C.; Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D.C., of counsel for amicus curiae, Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.

JAMESON, District Judge:

This interlocutory appeal presents the question of whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has authority under § 706(f)(1) of Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1) (Supp. V. 1975), to seek relief from discriminatory practices affecting a class of individuals without complying with the class certification requirements of Rule 23, F.R.Civ.P.

Plaintiff-appellee, EEOC, brought...

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