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WOODS v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 82-1827.

686 F.2d 578 (1982)

Leonard R. WOODS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Gallagher, Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Clay R. Williams, Gibbs, Roper, Loots & Williams, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ESCHBACH, POSNER, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We are asked in this case to decide whether in a so-called "spurious" class action under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), incorporated in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by section 7(b) of that Act, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), a district judge has the power to notify people who might want to join as plaintiffs that the action has been brought; and if so how he should exercise that power.

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