Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock v. E.E.O.C., AFL-CIO-CLC
| Citation | 682 F.2d 113 |
| Decision Date | 22 June 1982 |
| Docket Number | AFL-CIO-CLC,Nos. 81-1283,81-1307,s. 81-1283 |
| Parties | 29 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 200, 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,890, 3 Employee Benefits Ca 1632 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Appellee, v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, and United Steelworkers of America,, and John McNulty, Defendants, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae, The National Chamber Litigation Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus Curiae. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Appellee, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae, The National Chamber Litigation Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus Curiae. |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) |
Appeals from United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News; J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Judge.
Susan Buckingham Reilly, Washington, D. C. (Michael J. Connolly, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate Gen. Counsel, Vella M. Fink, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., on brief), for E. E. O. C.
Stephen T. Myking, Chicago, Ill. (Gerald D. Skoning, Thomas E. Shirley, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Lorence L. Kessler, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.
Cynthia Wicker, Stephen A. Bokat, Stanley T. Kaleczyc, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Before BUTZNER, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.
The judgment of the district court, 510 F.Supp. 66, is reversed, and this case is remanded, for the reasons set forth in the panel opinion written by Senior Circuit Judge Haynsworth. Judge Widener, Judge Hall, and Judge Chapman dissent for the reasons set forth in Judge Hall's dissent to the panel opinion. See Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 667 F.2d 448 (4th Cir. 1982).
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