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PITTMAN v. E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS & CO., INC.

No. 76-1482.

552 F.2d 149 (1977)

Alfred PITTMAN, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon S. Hirsch, Henry M. Rosenblum, Robert B. O'Keefe, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

John B. Abercrombie, Ross Harrison, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before MORGAN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and NOEL, District Judge.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

The issue sought to be raised on this appeal is the scope of discovery in a Title VII pre-certification class-action suit. The plaintiff propounded 90 interrogatories to the defendant pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 33. The defendant objected. Upon motion of the plaintiff to compel answers, the district court in most respects denied the motion on the basis that the interrogatories were "overly broad and burdensome, and appear to be an abuse...

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