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BAILEY v. RYAN STEVEDORING CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-79.

443 F.Supp. 899 (1978)

Alton J. BAILEY v. RYAN STEVEDORING CO., INC., (2) Rogers Terminal and Shipping Corp., (3) Louisiana Stevedores, Inc., (4) Ramsay, Scarlett and Co., Inc., (5) Baton Rouge Marine Contractors, Inc., and (6) Local 1830 and Local 1833, General Longshore Workers, International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Lopez, Edward F. Glusman, Baton Rouge, La., for Rogers Terminal & Shipping Corp., Louisiana Stevedores, Inc., Ramsay Scarlett Company, Inc. and Baton Rouge Marine Contractors, Inc.

James A. George, Baton Rouge, La., for Local 1833, General Longshore Workers, International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO.

Joseph W. Cole, Jr., Port Allen, La., for Local 1830, General Longshore Workers, International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO.

Johnnie A. Jones, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

C. Paul Barker, Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Meunier, Boudreaux & Lamy, New Orleans, La., for Local 1830 and Local 1833, General Longshore Workers, International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO.

George A. Mathews, Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Baton Rouge, La., for Baton Rouge Marine Contractors, Inc. and Ryan Stevedoring Company, Inc.

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

The plaintiff, Alton J. Bailey, filed this civil rights action against several stevedoring companies and two local longshoremen's unions at the Port of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On behalf of himself and "others similarly situated," the plaintiff sought injunctive relief, declaratory judgment, and back pay. The plaintiff further sought to have the all black union, Local No. 1830, General Longshore Workers, International Longshoremen's...

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