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MISTER v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO.

No. 86-2381.

832 F.2d 1427 (1987)

Robert Earl MISTER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome J. Schlichter, Carr, Korein, Schlichter, Kunin & Mongroy, East St. Louis, Ill., Jeffrey C. Bannon, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard F. Nash, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 7, 1987.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) needs many stong backs. Would-be laborers apply to a central office, where a clerk hires from among those whose applications are less than six months old. During 1979 and 1980 the ICG had eight divisions, autonomous in hiring. The hiring office of the St. Louis division was in Carbondale, Illinois, where a single clerk hired most laborers...

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