Newport News Shipbuilding v. E. E. O. C

Full title: NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, APPELLEE v. EQUAL…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Jun 22, 1982

682 F.2d 113 (4th Cir. 1982)

Opinion

Nos. 81-1283, 81-1307.

Argued June 8, 1982.

Decided June 22, 1982.

Susan Buckingham Reilly, Washington, D.C. (Michael J. Connolly, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate Gen. Counsel, Vella M. Fink, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., on brief), for E. E. O. C.

Stephen T. Myking, Chicago, Ill. (Gerald D. Skoning, Thomas E. Shirley, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.

Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Lorence L. Kessler, McGuiness Williams, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Cynthia Wicker, Stephen A. Bokat, Stanley T. Kaleczyc, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Appeals from United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News; J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Judge.

Before BUTZNER, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The judgment of the district court, 510 F. Supp. 66, is reversed, and this case is remanded, for the reasons set forth in the panel opinion written by Senior Circuit Judge Haynsworth. Judge Widener, Judge Hall, and Judge Chapman dissent for the reasons set forth in Judge Hall's dissent to the panel opinion. See Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 667 F.2d 448 (4th Cir. 1982).