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E.E.O.C. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.

No. 78 C 269.

618 F.Supp. 1046 (1985)

The EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Gregory Jones, Owen T. Sloan and Robert Jeffrey, Jr., Plaintiff-Intervenors, and William E. McBride, William H. Butler, Lenno Edwards, Albert White, Brunice McNeal, Ruben McGaughy, William Forbush, Tyrone Coffee, Hilary R. Jones, Dubois Gilliam, and Michael Love, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; United Transportation Union, AFLCIO; Railroad Yardmasters of America, AFL-CIO; Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees, AFL-CIO; Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, AFLCIO; American Train Dispatchers Association, AFL-CIO; International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers, AFL-CIO; Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, AFL-CIO; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of U.S. and Canada, AFL-CIO; International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers, AFL-CIO; Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, AFL-CIO, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

September 20, 1985.

MEMORANDUM

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

I

This multi-district litigation involves suits, some of them class actions, and intervenor complaints which allege that a railroad corporation and its unions have discriminated against Negroes in employment opportunities. On the day of trial, in a spirit of compromise, cooperation, and amicability, lead counsel for plaintiffs and the class, and the chief lawyer...

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