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LeBLANC v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 67-573, 67-574.

333 F.Supp. 602 (1971)

Gloria Kendall LeBLANC v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Helen Jenkins ROIG v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor H. Hess, Jr., Leonard A. Washofsky, Jackson & Hess, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Molony, Jr., Robert K. McCalla, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

Kenneth M. Davidson, Buffalo, N. Y., Robert Ellis Palmer, Amite, La., amici curiae, for National Organization for Women.

Elizabeth Boyer, Novelty, Ohio, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., amici curiae, for Women's Equity Action League.

Samuel H. Collins, New Orleans, La., amicus curiae, for Communications Ass'n for Equal Opportunity, Inc.

Philip B. Sklover, David Zugschwerdt, Washington, D. C., Charles M. White, New Orleans, La., amici curiae, for Equal Employment Opportunity Comm.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, William P. Curry, Jr., Special Counsel, New Orleans, La., amici curiae, for State of Louisiana.

"Don't ask fr rights. Take thim. An' don't let anny wan give thim to ye. A right that is handed to ye fr nawthin' has somethin' th' matter with it." [Finley Peter Dunne: On Woman Suffrage.]

HEEBE, District Judge:

On July 8, 1965, and again on February 28, 1967, plaintiff Gloria Kendall LeBlanc, an employee of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereinafter the Telephone Company) since 1954, applied in writing to the Telephone Company for a promotion to the position of test deskman. Plaintiff Helen Jenkins Roig, a Telephone Company employee since 1955, likewise applied for the same job opening on March 15, 1966, and on February 28, 1967...

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