HERBST v. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORP.

No. 314, Docket 73-2062.

495 F.2d 1308 (1974)

Hilda HERBST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Schafer, III, Washington, D. C. (Charles E. Lister, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., Joseph P. Cooney, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for defendants-appellants International Telephone and Telegraph Corp., Raymond L. Brittenham, Francis J. Dunleavy, Russell F. Erickson, Harold S. Geneen, R. Newton Laughlin, Hart Perry and Ted B. Westfall.

Samuel E. Gates, Robert L. King, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, New York City, John Q. Tilson, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., on the brief, for defendants-appellants Eugene R. Black, George R. Brown, Alvin E. Friedman, J. Patrick Lannan, John A. McCone and Warren Lee Pierson.

James A. Wade, Robinson, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, Conn., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, on the brief, for defendant-appellant Felix G. Rohatyn.

Sidney B. Silverman, New York City, (Silverman & Harnes, New York City, James O'Connor Shea, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DANAHER, LUMBARD and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from the District of Connecticut by the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) and its directors in May 19701 brings before us once again important questions concerning the administration of class actions. The first and more difficult issue is whether Chief Judge Blumenfeld's order of May 11, 1973, which held that this case may be maintained as a class action is appealable at this time...

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