Quarles v. Philip Morris, Incorporated
Decision Date | 11 April 1967 |
Docket Number | Civ. A. No. 4544. |
Citation | 271 F. Supp. 842 |
Parties | Douglas QUARLES and Ephraim Briggs v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, a Virginia Corporation, Local 203 of the Tobacco Workers International Union, an unincorporated association, Wallace Mergler, President of Local 203 of the Tobacco Workers International Union, Defendants. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Virginia |
Henry L. Marsh, III, Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Edward F. Butler, Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, New York City, Lewis T. Booker, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, Va., for Philip Morris, Inc.
Beecher E. Stallard, Richmond, Va., for Local 203 of Tobacco Workers International Union.
MEMORANDUM OF THE COURT
The plaintiff brought this action on his own behalf, and on behalf of other Negroes similarly situated, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; 28 U.S.C. § 1343; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983.
The defendants have moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction because prior to the institution of this suit, there was no endeavor by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to conciliate the claim of the individual plaintiffs.
Title 42 U.S.C., Section 2000e-5(a) provides:
Section 2000e-5(e) provides:
The plaintiff Quarles complained in writing to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in September 1965 and the intervenor Briggs filed his complaint in August 1965.
On November 18, 1965, the Executive Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, wrote Quarles:
The Executive Director also wrote Philip Morris, Inc.:
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