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CRAWFORD v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 77-2565.

614 F.2d 1300 (1980)

James E. Crawford et at., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reese Marshall, Henry Lee Adams, Jr., W. Benjamin Kyle, Jacksonville, Fla., Algie Cooper, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Guy O. Farmer, II, Jeffrey H. Klink, Charles G. Cofer, Jacksonville, Fla., Patrick M. Scanlon, James B. Coppess, Atlanta, Ga., for Communications Workers of America & CWA Local 3290.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs sought to proceed against defendants Western Electric Company ("Western Electric") and Communication Workers of America ("the union") in a nonjury class action under both Title VII1 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiffs charged that the defendants discriminated against blacks at Western Electric by denying them, among other things, promotions at a rate equal to that achieved by whites. The district court...

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