Gloria Kendall Leblanc and Helen Jenkins Roig v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, State of Louisiana

460 F.2d 1228, 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 9350, 4 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 7832, 4 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 818

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: May 25, 1972
• Docket: 71-3402
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

In this Title VII 1 suit the District Court granted a judgment declaring invalid certain Louisiana protective statutes 2 limiting the hours women may work. The lone tag end of this litigation involves the contention that the District Court erred in not granting back pay to the otherwise successful plaintiffs from the date of their EEOC charges. Congress granted broad discretion to the District Court to fashion remedies in Title VII cases as the equities of the particular case compel. 3 The plaintiffs have not sustained their burden of showing that the District Court abused this discretion in declining to allow back pay for the reasons set forth in its opinion. LeBlanc v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., E.D.La., 1971, 333 F.Supp. 602, 610-611.

Affirmed.

1 . Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq.

2 . La.Rev.Stat. §§ 23:311, 314, 332, 337.

3 . The remedial provisions of Title YII provide that

“If the court finds that the respondent has intentionally engaged in * * * an unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint, the court may enjoin the respondent from engaging in such unlawful employment practice, and order such affirmative action as may be appropriate, which may include reinstatement or hiring of employees, with or without back pay, * * * [or any other equitable relief as the court deems appropriate] .”

42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(g).