EEOC v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 80-9053.

668 F.2d 1199 (1982)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., Jerome C. Rose, E.E.O.C., W. L. Williams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Shelah M. Dickens, III, Deborah Reik, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Merrill, Porch, Doster & Dillon, P. A., Ralph D. Porch, Anniston, Ala., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Andrew M. Kramer, Anita Barondes, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY and FAY, Circuit Judges, and EDENFIELD, District Judge.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

The tortoise-like speed with which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] handled the enforcement action of this Title VII case has cost it the race. The EEOC filed a complaint against Dresser Industries, Inc., on November 8, 1979, alleging discrimination against females in its hiring practices at its Anniston, Alabama, facility.1 Unfortunately for the Commission, more than five years elapsed from the dates...

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