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TIPPETT v. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY

No. C-177-D-69.

316 F.Supp. 292 (1970)

Colleen P. TIPPETT, Ruby E. Watkins Cheek, Helen D. Clayton, Joanne B. Atkins, Mary Alice Earp Duke and Eleanor O. King, Plaintiffs, v. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY, Local 176, Tobacco Workers International Union (AFL-CIO) and Tobacco Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. North Carolina, Durham Division.

August 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Miller, Jr., Wade H. Penny, Jr., 111 Corcoran Street, Durham, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Wallace C. Tyser, Jr., Charlotte, N. C., Douglas P. Dettor, Greensboro, N. C., Larry Thomas Black, Robert G. Sanders, Charlotte, N. C., for defendants.

Russell Specter, Acting Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GORDON, District Judge.

Allegations

The plaintiffs on July 2, 1965, were female employees of the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company ("Liggett & Myers") plant in Durham, North Carolina, and members of Local 176, Tobacco Workers International Union, AFL-CIO ("Local 176"). During that month, due to a reduction in the work force, they were laid off when males of lesser seniority who performed jobs within plaintiffs...

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