Legal Opinion
Dobbins v. Local 212, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided October 10, 1968No. Civ. A. 6421, 6473PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOGAN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTORY
Section I.
Somewhere between these two extremes lies the answer to the problem raised in this case. The Local Union 212 (hereinafter referred to as “U”) has approximately 800 journeymen members. All are White (hereinafter abbreviated as “W”). U not only does not have, but it never has had a Negro (hereinafter abbreviated as “N”) member. That is one extreme. As the Fifth Circuit said in State of Alabama v. United States, 304 F.2d 583 (1962, affirmed 371 U.S. 37, 83 S.Ct. 145, 9 L.Ed.2d 112):
“In the problem of racial discrimination, statistics often tell…
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