PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT of APPEALS for the FOURTH CIRCUIT VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, V
PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF No. 96-2225 LABOR; ROBERT B. REICH, SECRETARY OF LABOR; SHIRLEY WILCHER, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior District Judge. (CA-96-40001-R) Argued: May 5, 1997 Decided: July 1, 1997 Before MURNAGHAN and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and LEGG, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. _________________________________________________________________ Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Murnaghan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Hamilton and Judge Legg joined. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL ARGUED: James Marion Powell, HAYNSWORTH, BALDWIN, JOHNSON & GREAVES, P.A., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Samuel Robert Bagenstos, UNITED STATES DEPART- MENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Gregory P. McGuire, HAYNSWORTH, BALDWIN, JOHNSON & GREAVES, P.A., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Deval L. Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis J. Dimsey, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; J. Davitt McAteer, Acting Solicitor, James D. Henry, Associate Solicitor, Debra A. Millenson, Senior Trial Attorney, Belinda Reed Shannon, Trial Attorney, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. _________________________________________________________________ OPINION MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge: On December 18, 1995, the Department of Labor's Office of Fed- eral Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) filed an administrative complaint under Executive Order 11246 alleging that in 1988 Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation had discriminated against female applicants for assembler positions in its Dublin, Virginia plant.
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