Eldredge

Eldredge v. Carpenters 46 Northern California Counties Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee

Bad Law

440 F. Supp. 506·16 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8170·19 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 963·24 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1249·1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13105

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaNovember 3, 1977C-75-2062-CBRCalifornia12,241 words

Opinion

Renfrew, J.

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

Plaintiffs Linda Eldredge and Christine A. Mazur filed this sex discrimination action on September 30, 1975. The complaint alleged that the defendant Carpenters 46 Northern California Counties Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (“JATC”) had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(d), by denying female applicants equal opportunity for placement on the new applicant referral lists used to supply names to union dispatchers for referral of applicants to jobs as beginning apprentices. Plaintiffs sought preliminary relief; certification of a class composed of all women who applied to the JATC for placement on those lists between August 18th and 29th, 1975; orders requiring the JATC to place and refer applicants in the order in which they apply and to establish an affirmative action program for women; damages including back pay; and costs of suit.

Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order was denied on October 3, 1975. Although the Court simultaneously ordered the defendant to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue, a hearing on that order was withdrawn from the calendar pursuant to a…

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Parties

Linda ELDREDGE and Christine A. Mazur, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Plaintiff
CARPENTERS 46 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE
Defendant

Judges

Renfrew

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