Legal Opinion
Eddie E. Fowler v. The Birmingham News Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1979No. 78-3196PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Eddie E. Fowler was hired, along with eleven others, as an apprentice pressman by The Birmingham News on April 14, 1969. He charges The News with numerous violations of Title VII. 1 He claims that his seniority was discriminatorily assigned on the day he was hired because he was placed on the bottom of the departmental priority list. Fowler also claims he was discriminated against when, approximately two weeks after he was hired, The News hired white journeymen pressmen from outside the ranks of the apprentices who were less qualified for the pressman…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- 15 Fair empl.prac.cas. 827, 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7842 Patrick James v. Stockham Valves and Fittings Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Denny Lee LONDON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Cox v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Earl Johnson v. General ElectricCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Gottlieb v. WilesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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