ADAMS v. PROCTOR & GAMBLE MFG. CO.

No. 81-1197.

697 F.2d 582 (1983)

Genevieve S. ADAMS; Louise Bertha; Algerie R. (Kelley) Brigerman; Anne Brown; Carrie B. Chaffin; Leila B. Harthanson; Loretta M. Hinkle; Nellie Kern; Martha McGinn; Bertha Mabray; Anna M. Miller; Dorothy N. Shawker; Claretha Smith; Lorrayne M. Soethe; Margie Stover; Shirley S. Sunderland; Ethel Wimpling, Appellants, v. The PROCTOR & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO., Appellee, E.E.O.C., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Blum, Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

Colleen M. O'Connor, Washington, D.C. (Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Vincent Blackwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., on brief) as amicus curiae.

John A. McGuinn, Washington, D.C. (Guy Farmer, Farmer, Wells, McGuinn, Flood, Sibal & Bechtel, Washington, D.C., Thomas B. Eastman, Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., T.L. Overbey, Legal Dept., The Proctor & Gamble Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, ERVIN, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, Sitting En Banc.


PER CURIAM:

This case, concerning the preclusive effect upon charging parties of a consent decree in an action brought against an employer by the EEOC, was first heard by a panel of this court. A majority of the panel held there was no preclusive effect, while Senior Judge Haynsworth dissented. Adams v. The Proctor & Gamble Mfg. Co., 678 F.2d 1190 (4th Cir.1982). Thereafter, an...

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