Legal Opinion
Penn v. Schtlesinger
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1973No. 72-3684PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b) 1 raises three questions: (1) Whether racial discrimination in hiring and promotion by federal agencies is actionable by discriminatees; (2) Whether such claims of discrimination are barred by sovereign immunity; and (3) Whether these plaintiffs exhausted available administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court.
Plaintiffs-appellees Willie Penn, Charles Foster, and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, on behalf of themselves, the organization’s membership, and “all blacks in Alabama similarly…
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