District Court, S.D. New York May 1, 1995, 73 Civ. 3058 (WCC), 73 Civ. 4278 (WCC), Claim No. 230 (Patterson v. Newspaper & Mail Deliverers' Union of New York & Vicinity)

WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge.

A class of private plaintiffs and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) brought two civil rights actions in 1973 against the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union of New York and Vicinity (“NMDU” or “Union”) and more than fifty news publishers and distributors within the Union’s jurisdiction.