Patterson v. American Tobacco Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1976-02-23

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BUTZNER, Circuit Judge: These appeals and cross appeals question certain provisions of a judgment entered in consolidated actions brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and several black employees of the American Tobacco Co. against the company, the Tobacco Workers’ International Union, and its Local 182. The case concerns the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.]…

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