JEFFERSON v. H. K. PORTER CO.

No. 80-7323.

648 F.2d 337 (1981)

Edward JEFFERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. H. K. PORTER COMPANY, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Adams, Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Jerome A. Cooper, Birmingham, Ala., for Union, defendants-appellees.

Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, William F. Gardner, Birmingham, Ala., for H. K. Porter Co.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., and R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judges.


FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

This appeal from the district court's order that a class action complaint filed under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e et seq. [Title VII] was time barred must be viewed in light of the complex procedural history of the litigation between the parties involved. Appellants, a class of 37 employees of appellee H. K. Porter Company [Porter Co.] who filed...

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