Legal Opinion
United States v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1972No. 71-1247PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action brought by the United States charging St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) and United Transportation Union (UTU), successor to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT), with having engaged in a policy and practice of discrimination on account of race, in their dealings with black train porters formerly employed by Frisco, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.).1 The Government seeks to have Frisco reclassify the former train porters as brakemen, and, by a merger of these two crafts, allow them…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Follette v. BurgosSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Rodriguez v. East Texas Motor FreightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- D. C. Williams Et Ux. v. The Matthews CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Donnell v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Cedar Rapids Community School District v. ParrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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