Greenberg Statement on Review of Franks v. Brown

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on Review of Franks v. Brown, 1975. 92240a14-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e7fa590a-37bd-422e-908b-b4223bfc0c6a/greenberg-statement-on-review-of-franks-v-brown. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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    From: Norman Bloomfield 

<-> NAACP Legal Defense and Educ. Fund 

10 Columbus Circle 

4 New York, New York 10019 

(212) 586-8397 

NOTE TO EDITORS 

NEW YORK, N.Y¥., March 24 - Following is a statement issued by Jack 

Greenberg, director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational 

Fund, in connection with today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to 

review Franks v. Bowman. The case deals with the loss of job seniority 

resulting from discriminatory employment practices. 

The Legal Defense Fund's Cert Petition, filed in the Supreme Court 

on December 11, involves a Georgia-based trucking company which refused 

until 1972 to hire black over-the-road drivers, rejecting several hun- 

dred qualified black applicants prior to that date. 

The Court of Appeals found discrimination in this instance, and 

approved an order giving the black drivers the right to reapply and be 

considered for hiring without discrimination. But it held that the 

plaintiffs could not get seniority beyond the date of hiring. 

The Legal Defense Fund contends that black workers should have 

seniority dating back to the time when they would have been hired if 

it had not been for the company 'S discrimination. 

The Legal Defense Fund now has 45 days to file its brief in the U,S. 

Supreme Court. The case probably will be argued in the fall. 

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is a completely separate organization 

even though originally established by the NAACP in 1939. Its correct 

designation is NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., frequently 

shortened to Legal Defense Fund. 

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STATEMENT BY JACK GREENBERG: "This case may clarify the rights 

of minorities and women when facing the 'last-hired, first-fired' situ- 

ation during this period in which the economy is contracting. The 

problem has long obstructed economic opportunity for blacks, and is 

one reason for the chronically higher level of unemployment among 

non-whites.”

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