Legal Opinion
Grant v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 26, 1980No. 824, Docket 79-7225PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, two black and one dark-skinned Puerto Rican ironworkers, brought this class action against Bethlehem Steel Corporation and three of its supervisory employees in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that it had discriminated against blacks and Hispanics in its selection of ironwork foremen, thereby violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Executive Order 11246, and as a remedy sought backpay. After a bench trial Judge Whitman Knapp on December 27, 1978, entered a…
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