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SIMMONS v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 76-2307.

495 F.Supp. 1239 (1980)

Richard SIMMONS, Leon Wallace, Jr., Charles Dawson, Ricardo Bryant, Lucion Bradley, Jr., James W. Knight, Samuel Coakley, James Johnson, William S. H. Davis, David L. Gadsden, Jasper L. Walker, John H. Poole, John Henry Deas, and Charles Swinton, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY, W. W. Johnson, James C. Hair, Jr., Joseph P. Riley, James C. Todd, James B. Moore, Harold E. Trask, John T. Welch, Jr., and W. Don Welch, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

July 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand Derfner, Arthur McFarland, Charleston, S.C., for plaintiffs.

James B. Spears, Jr., Greenville, S.C, Neil C. Robinson, Jr., Charleston, S.C., for defendants.

ORDER

BLATT, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs and the class of black current and former employees they represent contend that the Defendant, South Carolina State Ports Authority—(hereinafter, "Ports Authority")—has discriminated against them on the basis of race in the denial of certain retirement rights and benefits which are based on periods of their previous employment service prior to July 30, 1969. This suit was instituted...

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