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WILLIAMS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

No. 76-2057.

565 F.2d 874 (1978)

Larry WILLIAMS et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Saunders Chatman et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel P. Loeffelholz, Asst. City Atty., Phillip S. Brooks, City Atty., Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Civil Service Comn.

Chas. E. Cotton, New Orleans, La., Jack Greenberg, O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, Michael G. Bagneris, New Orleans, La., Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, La., Barry L. Goldstein, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and FAY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The issue in this case is whether a district court order maintaining a suit as a class action, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(c), is final and therefore immediately appealable.

Plaintiffs in this action sued the City of New Orleans, the Mayor of New Orleans, the New Orleans Superintendent of Police, the New Orleans Civil Service Commission, and the members of the New Orleans Civil Service Commission, alleging racial discrimination in employment in...

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