FORD v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.

No. 78-1246.

638 F.2d 753 (1981)

John S. FORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, Willie Cain et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, etc. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U. W. Clemon, Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Barry L. Goldstein, Washington, D.C., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael H. Gottesman, Robert M. Weinberg, Julia Penny Clark, Washington, D.C., Jerome A. Cooper, Birmingham, Ala., for U. S. Steelworkers.

Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., for U. S. Steelworkers, Etc., Local 1733 & Wm. Daniels.

Bernard Kleiman, Chicago, Ill., Carl B. Frankel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for U. S. Steel Corp.

Thomas, Taliaferro, Forman, Burr & Murray, James R. Forman, Jr., William K. Murray, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

These efforts to rectify the racially separate and unequal employment system at the massive Fairfield Works of the United States Steel Corporation began in the mid-1960s, shortly after the enactment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Significant progress has been made, yet the litigation continues. Liability is no longer questioned, but issues of relief — specifically issues concerning...

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