HILL v. SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO.

No. 84-3401.

767 F.2d 771 (1985)

Andrew L. HILL, Roosevelt Coleman, Jr., Joe L. Lock, Walter J. Jones and Freddie Lee, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Kelly, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

John M. Breckenridge, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before TJOFLAT and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.


NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants Hill, Coleman, Lock, Jones, and Lee (appellants or employees) brought this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., alleging that Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company (Seaboard) discriminated against appellants, black employees of Seaboard, by refusing to promote them to supervisory positions because of their race. The employees based their claims on both disparate impact...

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