KNOX v. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS & B. W. OF N. A.

No. 75-2440 Summary Calendar.

520 F.2d 1205 (1975)

Leno KNOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS & BUTCHERS WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO and Local P-591, and Gulf Atlantic Distribution Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Bordelon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marian Halley, E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Lawrence B. Jones, New Orleans, La., for Amalg. Meat Cutters.

David E. Walker, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Atlantic, Etc.

Before WISDOM, BELL and CLARK, Circuit Judges:


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is taken by the plaintiff, Leno Knox, from an order of the district court granting class action status to his action under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1970) but defining the class much more narrowly than requested.

An order granting class action status is not ordinarily appealable as a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Compare Katz v. Carte Blanche Corporation, 496 F.2d 747, 752 (3d...

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