Jerry DAWKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NABISCO, INC., and Bakery and Confectionary Union Local No. 42, Defendants-Appellees

Before us on this appeal is a district court judgment disposing of two Title VII actions adversely to the plaintiff. Appellant Jerry Dawkins, an employee of Nabisco, brought both actions against the company and his union, the first in 1972 (No. 16431) and the second in 1976 (No. C76-1165A). Both actions claim, among other things, that appellees have retaliated against Dawkins for his participation in earlier Title VII proceedings, thus violating 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a).

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Trial of the first action resulted in a judgment against Dawkins in 1973, and this court affirmed without published opinion.…