LaCHAPELLE v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 74-4187. Summary Calendar.

513 F.2d 286 (1975)

Francis E. LaCHAPELLE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lee Redfern, Rex M. Lamb, III, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lloyd Sutter, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an interlocutory appeal1 taken from an order of the district court dismissing Appellant LaChapelle's class action claim in an age discrimination suit. The appeal presents for decision a single, well defined question of law. This is whether suits brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 19672 may be Rule 233-type class actions. We conclude that...

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