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GANTLIN v. WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER CO.

No. 81-2150.

734 F.2d 980 (1984)

Willis L. GANTLIN, Alponse Gailliard, George Chatman, Clifford Graham, Charles Jenkins, Christopher Jenkins, each individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY, a corp., also known as Westvaco Corp., International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Local No. 508, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, United Papermakers and Paperworkers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Local No. 435, United Papermakers and Paperworkers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Local No. 1753, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris J. Baller, San Francisco, Cal. (Jack Greenberg, O. Peter Sherwood, Gail J. Wright, New York City, Arthur McFarland, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellants.

Hill B. Wellford, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Thomas J. Manley, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., Leonard Appel, Woods, Villalon, Hollengreen & Appel, Washington, D.C., Harris Jacobs, Jacobs & Langford, Atlanta, Ga., on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, representing a class of black paper mill employees in Charleston, South Carolina, appeal from the district court's dismissal of their action brought against their employer and several labor unions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. On this appeal they contend that the seniority system contained in the collective...

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