23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 709, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,136 Delia Arellano Heiniger Beulah Perrault, Dianne Crosby, on Behalf of Themselves and All Persons Similarly Situated Bobby S. Peru Shirley A. McCuin and Donna Patton v. City of Phoenix

625 F.2d 842 23 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 709 , 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,136 Delia Arellano HEINIGER; Beulah Perrault, Dianne Crosby, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated; Bobby S. Peru; Shirley A. McCuin and Donna Patton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PHOENIX, Defendant-Appellee. No. 78-1315. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 17, 1980. Decided July 21, 1980. Ronald J. Logan, Logan & Aguirre, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Richard S. Cohen, Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for defendant-appellee; Lewis & Roca, John P. Frank, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before ANDERSON and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and ZIRPOLI, District Judge * . FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal from an order of summary judgment entered against two of six named plaintiffs in a Title VII 1 employment discrimination suit raises the sole issue whether Title VII plaintiffs who contact an attorney before filing charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must be held to a higher standard of compliance with Title VII's procedural requirements than plaintiffs who…