Legal Opinion
Williams v. General Foods Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 1974No. Nos. 73-1075, 73-1485PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Charlene Williams1 appeals from orders granting summary judgment to defendant General Foods Corporation (“the Corporation”) and dismissing the complaint against defendants American Federation of Grain Millers Local No. 70 and American Federation of Grain Millers International AFL-CIO (“the Unions”) in a class action2 alleging sex discrimination in employment practices by the Corporation and the Unions and claiming denial of fair representation by the Unions. On Appeal, Williams asserts that since discriminatory intention is not a necessary element of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by103 opinions
- Nationwide Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Arthur Sampson, Administrator, U. S. General Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Eggleston v. Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union No. 130Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Smith v. University of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Dorothy C. Parker v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Mark J. Bruso v. United Airlines, Incorporated, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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