Legal Opinion
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1975No. 74--1053PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This suit poses for us, in the year 1975, the question of the legality of maintaining segregated black and white unions. Workers in these unions perform the same basic functions, for the same bosses, in the same ports but do so out of different locals. Defendants claim that this division is no more than an amenity for those who wish to associate with “their own”. We believe that the effect, if not the intention, is far more invidious, in that it denies equal opportunities to workers and potential workers, and is thus in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- DiBella v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. BodingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Alan L. Baldwin and George Q. Cannon, Jr. v. Redwood City, Alan L. Baldwin and George Q. Cannon, Jr. v. Redwood CityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NECHES BUTANE PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. International Longshoremen's Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Bear Marine Services, and International Matex Tank Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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