SATTERWHITE v. CITY OF GREENVILLE

No. 75-3377.

578 F.2d 987 (1978)

Minda SATTERWHITE, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Daves, Tyler, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul Mirengoff, Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

John A. Martin, Rod Phelan, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Douglas S. McDowell (Equal Employment Advisory Council), Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges,


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The appeal in this case, originally filed as a class action, raises the question whether Article III1 of the Constitution and Rule 23,2 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, permit a named plaintiff whose individual claim has been properly dismissed on the merits to represent a putative class where the district court, prior to the loss of the individual claim, denied certification...

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