Watkins v. Scott Paper Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1976-04-29

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: This case presents, once again, the difficulties inherent in an employer’s obligation to comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, by undoing the effects of past racial discrimination in employment. Five named plaintiffs brought this suit as a class action on behalf of an “affected class” of black employees at the Mobile, Alabama pulp and paper mil…

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