Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and James M. Ferguson, Intervening v. Pipefitters Association Local Union 597
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 1, 2003No. 02-2057PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*658POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The EEOC brought suit against Foster Wheeler Constructors, the prime contractor on a project to construct a recycling plant in Robbins, Illinois, and a local of the pipefitters union that supplied workers to Foster Wheeler. The suit, based on Title VII and also on 42 U.S.C. § 1981— but the standards are the same under the two statutes, at least so far as bears on this case, Bennett v. Roberts, 295 F.3d 687, 697-98 (7th Cir.2002); Patton v. Indianapolis Public School Board, 276 F.3d 334, 337-38 (7th Cir.2002); Thompson v. Potomac Electric Power Co., 312 F.3d 645, 649 n. 1…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- George F. Thompson v. Potomac Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- Valerie Bennett v. Mary Roberts, Marshal Aspinall, Timothy CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Dixon v. International Brotherhood of Police OfficersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Yarde v. Good Samaritan HospitalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Major v. Plumbers Local Union No. 5 of the United Ass'n of JourneymenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
- Safiyyah Maalik v. International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 2Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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