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CORMIER v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 751320.

452 F.Supp. 594 (1978)

Melvin CORMIER et al. v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, W. D.

July 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Etta Kay Hearn, Baton Rouge, La., Gabrielle K. McDonald, McDonald & McDonald, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Robert K. McCalla and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., Robert T. Jacques, Jr., Lake Charles, La., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM RULING

VERON, District Judge:

This is a Title VII race discrimination class action. A dispute has arisen as to the proper scope of discovery. Plaintiffs seek to obtain a wide variety of statistical and personnel information back to 1960. Defendant/PPG submits this period of time is excessive and unnecessary for a proper determination of the case and unduly burden-some.

Plaintiffs contend they are entitled to discover information pertaining...

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