SALINAS v. ROADWAY EXP., INC.

No. 81-1623.

735 F.2d 1574 (1984)

Thomas SALINAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, and Chester Torry, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant Cross-Appellee, and Stuart M. Nelkin and Warren Weir, Appellants, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Roadway Express, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carnegie H. Mims, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Salinas.

Richard B. Fields, Memphis, Tenn., for Chester Torry.

Stuart M. Nelkin, Rose Ann Reeser, Houston, Tex., Warren Weir, San Antonio, Tex., Joel J. Reinfeld, Houston, Tex. (on the brief), for Nelkin and Weir.

Frank Manitzas, Shelton E. Padgett, San Antonio, Tex., for Roadway.

James L. Hicks, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Teamsters Local 657 and 988.

G. William Baab, Dallas, Tex., for Intern. Broth. of Teamsters etc.

Before GEE, RANDALL, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

On September 17, 1971, black and Mexican-American truck drivers brought a class action employment discrimination suit in the Western District of Texas against their employer, Roadway Express, Inc. (Roadway), and their union representatives seeking equitable relief and back pay. The plaintiffs alleged that defendant Roadway had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., by favoring white employees...

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