34 Fair empl.prac.cas. 881, 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,306 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Inland Marine Industries, Fletcher L. Houston v. Inland Marine Industries Rudy Sutton Douglas Sutton Stanley Sutton and Does I Through Xxx

729 F.2d 1229 34 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 881 , 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,306 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INLAND MARINE INDUSTRIES, Defendant-Appellant. Fletcher L. HOUSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INLAND MARINE INDUSTRIES; Rudy Sutton; Douglas Sutton; Stanley Sutton; and Does I through XXX, Defendants-Appellants. No. 82-4422. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1984. Decided April 5, 1984. Robert W. Tollen, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants. David Offen-Brown, Chern & Culver, Oakland, Cal., Joan M. Graff and Chris Redburn, Employment Law Center, San Fransico, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before DUNIWAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FARRIS and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION 1 Inland Marine Industries (Inland Marine) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The district court found that Inland Marine had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sec. 703(a)(1), 42 U.S.C.…