Legal Opinion
Friend v. Leidinger
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1978No. Nos. 77-2026, 77-2351PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, District Judge.
The appellants are black fire fighters presently or formerly employed by the Richmond Fire Bureau. They instituted this class action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended in 1972 to cover governmental employers) complaining of racial discrimination in certain employment and promotional practices and procedures of the Bureau. A class was certified as being “Negroes who have, within the applicable period of the statute of limitations, been discriminated against with respect to employment practices by defendants and who (a) are presently…
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- Hazelwood School District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
3Cited by41 opinions
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- Trandes Corporation v. Guy F. Atkinson Company, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- DeGrace v. RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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