Legal Opinion
Local 189, United Papermakers & Paperworkers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1969No. 25956PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in all aspects of employment.1 In this ease we deal with one of the most perplexing issues troubling the courts under Title VII: 2 how to reconcile equal employment *983opportunity today with seniority expectations based on yesterday’s built-in racial discrimination. May an employer continue to award formerly “white jobs” on the basis of seniority attained in other formerly white jobs, or must the employer consider the employee’s experience in formerly “Negro jobs” as an equivalent measure of seniority? We…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Zemel v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by119 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. N. L. Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- William E. BING, for Himself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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