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PULLMAN-STANDARD v. SWINT

No. 80-1190.

456 U.S. 273 (1982)

PULLMAN-STANDARD, A DIVISION OF PULLMAN, INC. v. SWINT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Gottesman argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs for petitioners in No. 80-1193 were Robert M. Weinberg, Laurence Gold, Jerome A. Cooper, Bernard Kleiman, and Carl B. Frankel. Samuel H. Burr and C. V. Stelzenmuller filed briefs for petitioner in No. 80-1190.

Elaine Jones argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Patrick O. Patterson, Judith Reed, Barry L. Goldstein, and C. Lani Gunier.†

Robert E. Williams and Douglas S. McDowell filed a brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council as amicus curiae.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondents were black employees at the Bessemer, Ala., plant of petitioner Pullman-Standard (the Company), a manufacturer of railway freight cars and parts. They brought suit against the Company and the union petitioners — the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC, and its Local 1466 (collectively USW) — alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights...

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