BERNARD v. GULF OIL COMPANY

Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, La., Barry L. Goldstein, Washington, D.C., Jack Greenberg, Patrick O. Patterson, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants. William H. Ng, Joseph T. Eddins, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae, for E.E.O.C. Joseph H. Sperry, Wm. G. Duck, Kathleen M. Civins, Susan R. Sewell, U.S. Jones, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Oil. Carl A. Parker, Port Arthur, Tex., for Oil, Chemical Atomic Workers, Etc. Michael D. Murphy, Port Arthur, Tex., for appellees.