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HILTON v. WYMAN-GORDON CO.

No. 79-1550.

624 F.2d 379 (1980)

Porter HILTON et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Latimer, Boston, Mass., with whom Henry F. Owens, III, Boston, Mass., and Joyce W. Poulin, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Charles Donelan, Worcester, Mass., with whom James E. Wallace, Jr., George B. Sanders, Jr. and Bowditch & Dewey, Worcester, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant Porter Hilton brought this action on behalf of himself and a class "composed of Negro persons who are employed, or might be employed, by Wyman-Gordon Company", a Worcester, Massachusetts manufacturer of heavy metal forgings. Appellants claimed that Wyman-Gordon maintained employment policies and practices which discriminated against members of the class on account of their race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

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