Legal Opinion
Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1985No. Nos. 83-4263, 84-3527PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The named plaintiffs in this class action suit are former employees at several salmon canneries in Alaska. They brought this action against their former employers, Wards Cove Packing Company, Inc. (“Wards”), Castle & Cooke, Inc. (“Castle”), and Columbia Wards Fisheries (“Columbia”), charging employment discrimination on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The class is defined as all nonwhites who are now, will be, or have been at any time…
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- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio (Afscme) v. State of Washington, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio (Afscme) v. State of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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- Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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