SMITH v. UNITED BROTH. OF CARPENTERS, ETC.

No. 79-3751.

685 F.2d 164 (1982)

Ervin L. SMITH and Jerome Pope, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, A.F.L.; Maumee Valley Carpenters District Council; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A.F.L. Local Nos. 248, 1138, 1457, 1393; and Toledo Carpenter Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1982.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1982.

As Amended November 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn C. Galbreath, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Dale A. Wilker, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas A. Dugan, Ulmer, Berne, Laronge, Glickman & Curtis, Cleveland, Ohio, for United Brotherhood, A.F.L.

Joseph J. Allotta, Allotta & Singer, Toledo, Ohio, for Maumee, Local Nos., and Toledo Carp.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, a class of skilled and unskilled blacks in the Toledo, Ohio metropolitan area seeking employment as carpenters, appeal the District Court's dismissal of their Title VII employment discrimination claim, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Defendants-appellees are four local carpentry unions,1 the union international,2 the collective bargaining agent...

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