GOLDEN v. LOCAL 55, ETC., ASS'N OF FIREFIGHTERS

No. 78-3267.

633 F.2d 817 (1980)

Samuel GOLDEN, Milo Gaskin, Manuel Navarro, Ernest Robinson and the Oakland Black Firefighters Association, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOCAL 55 OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, its membership, and George Rosco, Richard Cecil, Jack Doan and Tom Kenton, as individuals and as officers of Local 55 of the International Association of Firefighters, Hanley Ornsby, as an individual and as a former officer of Local 55, and the International Association of Firefighters, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Lyman, Berkeley, Cal., and Ruby Udell, Stanford, Cal., Ballachey, Meade, Duane & Lyman, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Duane W. Reno, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before ELY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, who represent current minority male members of the Oakland Fire Department, appeal a judgment entered after a nonjury trial in favor of their union, Local 55 of the International Association of Firefighters, and named union officials (hereinafter "the union"). The union's challenged conduct is alleged to be in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and...

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