Reynolds v. King

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this complex class-action lawsuit charge that the Alabama Highway Department has illegally discriminated against them in employment because they are African-American. The plaintiffs rest their lawsuit on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e through 2000e-17; the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution as enforced through 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983; and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981. The court’s jurisdiction has been properly invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343 and 42 U.S.C.A. §…