Legal Opinion
Eggleston v. Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union No. 130
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 1981No. Nos. 80-1008, 80-1650PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This began as a not uncommon civil rights suit against a local union and a contractors association. It was brought by five named plaintiffs, seeking to represent a class of black and Hispanic persons alleging employment discrimination in their efforts to gain entry into the plumbing trade.1 Controversy quickly erupted between attorneys over mutual discovery efforts which had been limited by the court to class certification issues. Although the complaint was filed in 1977 and was followed by voluminous interrogatories and in excess of 2,600 pages of…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by146 opinions
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