JONES v. ALCOA

No. 02-50097.

339 F.3d 359 (2003)

Isaiah Russell JONES; Robert Sparks, Jr.; Herman Parks, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALCOA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Gregory White (argued), McGregor & White, Waco, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christopher A. Knepp (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JONES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Isaiah Russell Jones (Jones), Robert Sparks Jr. (Sparks), and Herman Parks Jr. (Parks) filed this lawsuit October 4, 2002, against defendant Alcoa, Inc. (Alcoa), a Pennsylvania corporation, alleging that Alcoa discriminated against them on the basis of race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, by assigning them to work in areas of Alcoa's Milam County, Texas, plant where they were exposed to dangerous amounts of asbestos dust...

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