KINCADE v. GENERAL TIRE AND RUBBER CO.

No. 82-1366.

716 F.2d 319 (1983)

Paris KINCADE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Jobie EDWARDS and Willie F. Mims, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Walker, Hollingsworth & Jones, Little Rock, Ark., Bachmann & Weltchek, Andrew M. Weltchek, New Orleans, La., Benita Terry Jones, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carrington, Coleman, Sloman, Johnson & Blumenthal, Peter Tierney, Marvin S. Sloman, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

In February of 1975, the appellants filed a class action suit against General Tire and Rubber Company alleging that General Tire had engaged in plant-wide racial discrimination in employment at its Waco, Texas plant. Following a period of discovery, the parties reached a Settlement Agreement (Agreement) which they filed with the District Court on October 25, 1977.

Several members of the class objected to certain terms of the Agreement...

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