Chapman v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCHWARZER, District Judge.

This action was brought by eight women and one black male individually against The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (“Pacific”). 1 All plaintiffs charge Pacific with violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The female plaintiffs also charge Pacific with violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) and the black male plaintiff charges a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiffs allege that Pacific discriminated against women and blacks by hiring them into a…