Falcon v. General Telephone Co. of the Southwest

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs in a class action Title VII employment discrimination suit. We affirm part *372of the trial court’s decision and remand the rest for further proceedings.

This class action, filed originally by Mariano S. Falcon, a Mexican-American, challenged the hiring and promotion practices of the defendant employer, General Telephone Company of the Southwest (General), on the ground that General impermissibly discriminated on the basis of national origin against Mexican-Americans (Spanish speaking Americans).1 Falcon applied for a job…