OLIVER v. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 52534-0.

106 Wn.2d 675 (1986)

724 P.2d 1003

CHARLES W. OLIVER, ET AL, Appellants, v. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Stone, for appellants.

Schweppe, Krug, Tausend & Beezer, P.S., by J. Ronald Sim, Margaret L. Barbier, and Michele A. Gammer, for respondent.


PEARSON, J.

The appellants, Charles W. Oliver and his wife, Linda L. Oliver, brought an employment discrimination suit against the respondent, Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company (PNB), alleging that a company-wide policy which subjected employees to disciplinary proceedings for dishonest acts committed outside of employment was discriminatory because it had a disproportionate impact upon black employees. The trial...

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