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GULF OIL CO. v. BERNARD

No. 80-441.

452 U.S. 89 (1981)

GULF OIL CO. ET AL. v. BERNARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. G. Duck argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Susan R. Sewell and Carl A. Parker.

Jack Greenberg argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Bill Lann Lee, Barry L. Goldstein, and Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux.

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Acting Assistant Attorney General Turner, Harlon L. Dalton, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Carol E. Heckman, and Leroy D. Clark.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Arthur B. Spitzer and Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., for the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area et al.; by Mayo L. Coiner and Harry M. Philo for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; by Richard F. Watt and Martha A. Mills for the Chicago Council of Lawyers; and by William F. Kaspers and John D. Buchanan, Jr., for the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a class action involving allegations of racial discrimination in employment on the part of petitioners, the Gulf Oil Co. (Gulf) and one of the unions at its Port Arthur, Tex., refinery. We granted a writ of certiorari to determine the scope of a district court's authority to limit communications from named plaintiffs and their counsel to prospective class members,...

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