WALKER v. WORLD TIRE CORP., INC.

No. 76-1834.

563 F.2d 918 (1977)

Howard T. WALKER, on his own behalf and others similarly situated, Appellant, v. WORLD TIRE CORPORATION, INC. and Robert Ross, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hoare, Mid-America Employment Rights Project, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Susan Spiegel, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Theodore D. Ponfil, Clayton, Mo., for appellees; Jerome Kalishman, Clayton, Mo., on brief.

Before STEPHENSON and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief Judge.


WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue on appeal in this employment discrimination action is whether the District Court erred in denying class certification. Although we do not endorse the procedure followed by the District Court in denying certification, we conclude, on the basis of the entire record, that appellant is not a suitable class representative. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of certification.

On March 18, 1975, Howard Walker brought an...

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