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EGGLESTON v. CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS, ETC.

Nos. 80-1008, 80-1650.

657 F.2d 890 (1981)

Josef EGGLESTON and Albert Viera, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 130, U. A., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Edell PLUMMER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 130, U. A., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Galland, Jr., Davis, Miner & Barnhill, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jerold S. Solovy, Howard R. Barron, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Plumbing Contractors Ass'n.

Lawrence D. Ehrlich, Julian D. Schreiber, Borovsky, Ehrlich & Kronenberg, Chicago, Ill., for Journeyman Plumbers Local.

Leonard S. Goslawski, Paul V. Esposito, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, Ill., for Joint Apprenticeship Committee Local.

Before FAIRCHILD and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied October 7, 1981.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This began as a not uncommon civil rights suit against a local union and a contractors association. It was brought by five named plaintiffs, seeking to represent a class of black and Hispanic persons alleging employment discrimination in their efforts to gain entry into the plumbing trade.1 Controversy quickly erupted between attorneys...

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