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MORRISON v. BOOTH

No. 82-7285.

730 F.2d 642 (1984)

Jessie L. MORRISON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Linwood BOOTH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanzetta P. Durant, Montgomery, Ala., Brent E. Simmons, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas R. Christian, Montgomery, Ala., William J. Samford, III, Opelika, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

We must decide the propriety of the trial court's striking the class claims in this case without conducting a hearing on class certification.

For reasons that appear below, the events of the case are not crystal clear, and we have pieced them together as best we can.

Plaintiffs brought this class action in January 1978 in N.D. Alabama alleging discriminatory promotion practices at the Alabama Department of Youth Services. Plaintiffs...

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