BRYAN v. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. (PPG INDUS., INC.)

No. 73-1697.

494 F.2d 799 (1974)

Sarah M. BRYAN et al. v. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY, (PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.) et al. Objecting Plaintiffs, Marie Abate et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Maurizi, Joseph W. Conway, Balzarini, Walsh, Conway & Maurizi, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Scott F. Zimmerman, Walter P. De-Forest, John M. Mazur, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for PPG Industries, Inc.; Nicholas R. Criss, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel.

Clayman & Jaffy, Stewart R. Jaffy, Columbus, Ohio, for appellees, United Glass & Ceramic Workers of North America, AFL-CIO, etc., et al.

Jane M. Picker, Rita Page Reuss, Charles E. Guerrier, Lisabeth A. Moody, Cleveland, Ohio, Martin Lubow, Pittsburgh, Pa., for objecting plaintiffs-appellants; Howard Moore, Jr., Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, John R. Myer, Moore, Alexander & Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel.

William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel (Acting), Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel, Josephine A. Trevathan, Washington, D. C., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Appeal is taken here, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1970), from an order of the district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania approving settlement of a class suit and dismissing the complaint with prejudice. The suit was filed on behalf of women presently or formerly employed at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company's Creighton plant. Plaintiffs allege that defendants Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ("PPG...

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