Legal Opinion
Harold FRANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, Johnny Lee, Intervenor-Appellant, v. BOWMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1974No. 72-3239PublishedCited by 244 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
After processing a complaint through the EEOC, appellant Franks brought this racial-discrimination civil rights suit under Title VII, § 706, of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5, and under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 on behalf of himself and those similarly situated against his former employer, Bowman Transportation Company, and his union. 1 He alleged a discriminatory refusal to promote and a discriminatory discharge, and he sought extensive declaratory and equitable relief for himself and for class members. Lee was permitted to intervene as plaintiff to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by244 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- United Air Lines, Inc. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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