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SMITH v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 1:96-CV-749.

88 F.Supp.2d 663 (2000)

Matthews SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

March 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Erick Payne, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, Reuben A. Guttman, Brian P. McCafferty, Charles V. Firth, Provost & Umphrey, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

J. Courtney Wilson, Scheuermann & Jones, New Orleans, LA, for intervenor-plaintiffs.

Stephen F. Fink and David M. Pryor, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, Mike McQueeney and Joseph P. Moan, Texaco Group Inc., Paul W. Gertz, Germer & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, for defendants Texaco, Inc., Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., and Texas Refining nad Marketing Inc. (East).

Victor Scott Kneese, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Robert J. Hambright, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, TX, for defendant Star Enterprise.

Neil Martin, Robert Ellison Meadows, Nancy J. Brown, Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, Houston, TX, for Aramco Services Co.

Dewey J. Gonsoulin, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, TX, for defendant Saudi Refining.

John Michael Dorman, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Houston, TX, for defendant Shell Oil Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This is a racial discrimination case, brought by six named plaintiffs on behalf of a class of approximately 200 salaried African-American persons employed by Star Enterprise [Star] between 1991 and the present time. The plaintiffs allege that Star subjects the class to systems and practices that discriminate against African-Americans in promotion, compensation and opportunities for career advancement...

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