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JOHNSON v. BODINE ELEC. CO.

No. 96-2719.

142 F.3d 363 (1998)

Cleotis JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BODINE ELECTRIC CO. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 601, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hille R. Sheppard (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William W. Cody, Stephen B. Maule (argued), McMahon, Berger, Hanna, Linihan, Cody & McCarthy, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellee Bodine Electric Company.

J. Steven Beckett, Carol A. Dison (argued), Beckett & Webber, Urbana, IL, for defendant-appellee International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Before FLAUM, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Cleotis Johnson, an African-American journeyman electrician, sued Bodine Electric Company and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 601 for violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction because Johnson had not exhausted the grievance procedures mandated by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between...

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