Legal Opinion
John Syres and Louis J. Warrick v. Oil Workers International Union, Local 23
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1958No. 16539_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Local 254 of the Oil Workers International Union 1 and John Syres and Louis J. Warrick, individually and as representing a class similarly situated, filed this action in May 1954 against Oil Workers International Union, Local 23, 2 certain of its officers, as individuals and as representing members of a class, and the Gulf Oil Corporation. The complaint alleged that the collective bargaining agreement of April 17, 1954, with Gulf as employer, divided the jobs between the races and discriminated against Negroes. The complaint further charged that all of the defendants had…
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- Syres v. Oil Workers International Union, Local No. 23Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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