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SCARLETT v. SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO.

No. 79-3922.

676 F.2d 1043 (1982)

Oliver W. SCARLETT, H. B. Starkes, Franklin D. R. Bell, David Jones, W. J. Odol, L. A. Waters, W. K. Lindsey, J. Wimyond Jones, Horace V. Thomas and William D. Rood, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Franklin D. R. Bell, W. J. Odol, W. K. Lindsey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD CO., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellee. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

May 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rives, Peterson, Pettus, Conway, Elliott & Small, Clarence M. Small, Jr., Thomas A. Carraway, Birmingham, Ala., for United Transp. Union.

Fletcher Farrington, Savannah, Ga., O. Peter Sherwood, Jack Greenberg, New York City, for Scarlett, et al.

Malcolm R. Maclean, F. Saunders Aldridge, III, Savannah, Ga., for Seaboard Coast Line R. Co.

Before HILL, HENDERSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

These plaintiffs1 believe that they have been deprived of employment opportunities and benefits because they are black. Invoking the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 2000e et seq., they have sued both their employer, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company (SCL)2 and the labor union which represents them, the United...

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