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GABRIEL v. STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 71-1884 Summary Calendar.

448 F.2d 724 (1971)

Wilson GABRIEL, etc., Plaintiff, v. STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. William H. MATHEWS, Pres., etc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Reuben F. Woodward et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar N. Quillin, Arabi, La., Revius O. Ortique, Jr., New Orleans, La., for intervenors-appellants.

Bernard Marcus, Robert M. Moore, H. Barton Williams, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for Standard Fruit and Steamship Company; Frederick B. Alexius, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order denying intervention to 113 applicants who sought to participate in a class action against their employer, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, for breach of a collective bargaining contract.

Appellants seek to intervene on the ground that they are entitled to "intervention of right" under Rule 24(a) (2) of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, in the absence of an abuse of discretion by the district judge...

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