EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY v. GREYHOUND LINES

Nos. 79-2824, 80-1154.

635 F.2d 188 (1980)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC., (2 Cases) Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Simon (argued), Nicholas N. Price, Jane Ruddell, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant; Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Marcia B. Ruskin (argued), Attys., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges, and RAMBO, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

We are to decide whether the plaintiff met the necessary burden of proving that Greyhound Lines' facially neutral no-beard job qualification policy had a discriminatory effect against black workers. In a race discrimination complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) challenged the legality...

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