Legal Opinion

Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 26, 1969No. Nos. 16624-16626, 16632PublishedCited by 367 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are present and/or former female employees of defendant Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) who were represented, for collective bargaining purposes, by defendant International Chemical Workers Union, Local No. 15 (Union) at Colgate’s Jeffersonville, Indiana, plant. Plaintiffs sued Colgate and the Union under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. charging that they were intentionally discriminated against by a system of job classification which deprived them of various opportunities in the plant and that they were subjected to…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Smith v. Evening News Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Humphrey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Carey v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by367 opinions

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