FALCON v. GENERAL TELEPHONE CO. OF SOUTHWEST

No. CA 3-75-0403-R.

611 F.Supp. 707 (1985)

Mariano S. FALCON, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

June 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Hernandez, John E. Collins, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

E. Russell Nunally, Dallas, Tex., Preston, Holt, Goodrum & Harper, San Angelo, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUCHMEYER, District Judge.

The history of this landmark case— which, as the Fifth Circuit has noted, "significantly altered the pertinent law of this Circuit" concerning class certifications in employment discrimination cases1—is contained in the following decisions: General Telephone Co. v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 102 S.Ct. 2364, 72 L.Ed.2d 740 (1982) and...

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