Legal Opinion
Robert Earl Mister, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1987No. 86-2381PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) needs many stong backs. Would-be laborers apply to a central office, where a clerk hires from among those whose applications are less than six months old. During 1979 and 1980 the ICG had eight divisions, autonomous in hiring. The hiring office of the St. Louis division was in Carbondale, Illinois, where a single clerk hired most laborers. During 1979 the Carbondale office hired 11% of the black applicants for laborer jobs (including applicants with no preference for type of job) and 39% of the white applicants for these…
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