BROWN v. NUCOR CORP.

No. 13-1779.

785 F.3d 895 (2015)

Quinton BROWN; Jason Guy; Alvin Simmons; Sheldon Singletary; Gerald White; Ramon Roane; Jacob Ravenell, individually and on behalf of the class they seek to represent, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NUCOR CORPORATION; Nucor Steel-Berkeley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellants. Lisa Schiavo Blatt , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Armand Derfner , D. Peters Wilborn, Jr. , Derfner, Altman & Wilborn, Charleston, South Carolina; Ann K. Wiggins , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellants. Cary A. Farris , John K. Linker , J. Shannon Gatlin , Alaniz Schraeder Linker Farris Mayes, LLP, Houston, Texas; Dirk C. Phillips , Sarah M. Harris , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.; J. Tracy Walker, IV , Robert L. Hodges , Matthew A. Fitzgerald , McGuirewoods, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Vacated in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge KEENAN joined. Judge AGEE wrote the dissenting opinion.


This case concerns the certification of a class of black steel workers who allege endemic racial discrimination at a South Carolina plant owned by Nucor Corporation and Nucor Steel Berkeley (collectively, "Nucor"). Plaintiffs-appellants ("the workers") accuse Nucor of both discriminatory job promotion practices and a racially...

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