Legal Opinion

LeBlanc v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided October 4, 1971No. Civ. A. 67-573, 67-574PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEEBE, District Judge:

On July 8, 1965, and again on February 28, 1967, plaintiff Gloria Kendall LeBlanc, an employee of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereinafter the Telephone Company) since 1954, applied in writing to the Telephone Company for a promotion to the position of test deskman. Plaintiff Helen Jenkins Roig, a Telephone Cbmpany employee since 1955, likewise applied for the same job opening on March 15, 1966, and on February 28, 1967. All applications were similarly rejected by letters from the Telephone Company informing plaintiffs that the Telephone Company did…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  3. Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  5. Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  2. Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. Johnson v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  4. Williams v. General Foods Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. Schaeffer v. San Diego Yellow Cabs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972

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