COOK v. BOORSTIN

No. 84-5429.

763 F.2d 1462 (1985)

Howard R.L. COOK, individually and on behalf of the Black Employees of the Library of Congress, et al., v. Daniel J. BOORSTIN, Librarian of Congress, Roland Grayson, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc L. Fleischaker, Washington, D.C., with whom Gary S. Marx and Kerry Alan Scanlon, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

John W. Polk, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Lana Kay Jones, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, MIKVA and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by thirty-one black employees and former employees of the Library of Congress, challenging the district court's refusal to allow them to intervene in a Title VII class action brought against the Library. We agree with appellants that our decision in Foster v. Gueory, 655 F.2d 1319 (D.C.Cir.1981), requires reversal of the district...

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