Legal Opinion
Russell v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1975No. Nos. 74-1650 and 74-1652PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
These appeals involve only a narrow aspect of a class action ,in which the district court properly granted black employees broad relief under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against the American Tobacco Company and Local *361192 of the Tobacco Workers International Union, AFL-CIO. The district court found that at the company’s Reidsville, North Carolina, Branch (Branch), the use of departmental seniority, subjective qualifications, and an excessive probationary period for promotions, transfers, pushbacks, and layoffs had unlawfully excluded black employees in…
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