Isiah Hadnott v. Melvin R. Laird, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of Defense of the United States

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing an action for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Plaintiffs brought the action on their own behalf and “on behalf of all black employees, applicants for employment, and prospective applicants for employment at the southern facilities” of eleven paper product companies having supply contracts with Defense and GSA, alleging that the rights of plaintiffs (and the class they represent) had been violated under the due…