Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Teletype Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1981No. 79-2027, 80-1681 and 80-1658PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Tommie Taylor and Larry Peyton brought this action against Teletype Corporation (Teletype or the Company) alleging racial discrimination in the demotion of Company employees, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1976). The district court permitted fourteen individuals to intervene and certified a class, comprised of all black employees who were demoted after February 28, 1974, designating these intervenors and the two named plaintiffs as the class representatives.
On August 29, 1979, the district court1…
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