Pollocks v. Sunland Training Center

ORDER ON LIABILITY — FIRST GROUP OF PLAINTIFFS

HINKLE, District Judge.

This is a Title VII action in which 46 plaintiffs allege a pattern of racial discrimination ' in hiring and promotions by the Sunland Training Center in. Marianna, Florida, a state facility for the mentally disabled, spanning the years 1976-1984. By agreement of both sides, the claims have been divided into five discrete groups for purposes of trial on the issue of liability. Trial has been completed on the liability issue with respect to the first group, consisting of five African American plaintiffs who assert they…