32 Fair empl.prac.cas. 809, 32 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,752 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Zellerbach Paper Company, Raymond B. Brown, Walter L. Cook, Thomas F. Gibbs, Herbert E. King, Sheddrick Charles Kinnebrew, Edgar G. Walker and Luther E. Washington, Intervenors-Appellants

720 F.2d 1008 32 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 809 , 32 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,752 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION, Zellerbach Paper Company, Defendants-Appellees, Raymond B. Brown, Walter L. Cook, Thomas F. Gibbs, Herbert E. King, Sheddrick Charles Kinnebrew, Edgar G. Walker and Luther E. Washington, Intervenors-Appellants. Nos. 82-5455, 82-5570. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1983. Decided Aug. 2, 1983. Justine S. Lisser, Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant. William C. Bottger, Jr., Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and intervenors appeal from a ruling of the district court that four-month disciplinary suspensions imposed on each of the intervenors did not violate the opposition clause of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e-3(a). The issue presented is whether black employees' conduct in writing a…