BOYKIN v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 81-4521.

706 F.2d 1384 (1983)

Robert BOYKIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny E. Cupit, Jackson, Miss., James E. Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., Richard B. Sobol, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

Peyton S. Irby, Jr., L. Arnold Pyle, William A. Pyle, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee cross-appellants.

Before GARZA, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 15, 1983.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The only thing more shocking than the racial discrimination practiced by defendant Georgia-Pacific Corporation is the unconscionable delay by the magistrate of more than five years in rendering a decision in this action. It is all too obvious that but for the plaintiffs' filing of a motion directing the magistrate to issue a decision within forty-five days, we would not yet have...

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