SPERRY RAND CORP. v. LARSON

No. 76-1734.

554 F.2d 868 (1977)

SPERRY RAND CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Honorable Earl R. LARSON, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, Respondent, and Delores Elliott and Helen Ambrose, and all other persons similarly situated, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Doty, Minneapolis, Minn., Richard C. Hotvedt, of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Minneapolis, Minn., and Gerald S. Hartman, Washington, D. C., on brief, for Sperry Rand Corp.

William Pentelovitch, Minneapolis, Minn., for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

James T. Hansing, Minneapolis, Minn., made argument for Local Union No. 2047.

Richard Bland, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief for respondents.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

Sperry Rand Corporation, a defendant in a Title VII action brought by female employees, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel decertification of class action status previously granted conditionally to plaintiffs by the District Court.1 The complaint seeks injunctive relief against class-based sex discrimination in employment practices. In addition, back pay and attorneys' fees are demanded. Also...

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