Legal Opinion
Martinez v. United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1985No. 84-2584PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Maria Martinez, brought this suit against the automobile workers union under a provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that forbids a union to discriminate on invidious grounds such as race. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(c). She charged that because she is a Mexican-American the union had induced her employer (originally a codefendant, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a), but later dropped) to deprive her of her seniority with the company. On the union’s motion for summary judgment, the district court entered judgment for the union and dismissed the case on…
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