Eldridge v. Carpenters 46 Northern California Counties Joint Apprenticeship And Training Committee

94 F.3d 1366 71 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1385 , 69 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 44,344 , 65 USLW 2239 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6712 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10 ,970 Linda ELDREDGE, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CARPENTERS 46 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-16925. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 1995. Decided Sept. 9, 1996. Alberta M. Blumin, Oakland, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Victor J. Van Bourg, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger, and Rosenfeld, San Francisco, California; Lawrence H. Kay, Stanton, Kay & Watson, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, John P. Vukasin, Jr., District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-75-2062-JPV. Before FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Twenty-one years and three appeals ago, Linda Eldredge brought this class action against the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee ("JATC"), alleging that the method it used to select carpentry apprentices…