Jones v. International Paper Co.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Larry Jones and Donzell Parlor, black employees at International Paper Company’s Camden, Arkansas mill, appeal from a judgment of the District Court1 for the Western District of Arkansas denying them relief in their Title VII employment discrimination claim.2 Appellants alleged that their employer repeatedly denied them entry into the maintenance department apprenticeship program on the basis of appellants’ failure to pass certain tests. Both a disparate treatment and a disparate impact theory were advanced. For reversal appellants argue that the district…