FONTANA v. ELROD

No. 86-1841.

826 F.2d 729 (1987)

Mary J. FONTANA, Michael A. Macino and Peter G. Polmen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard J. ELROD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberely A. Sutherland, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Randolph T. Kemmer, Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, former employees of the Cook County Sheriff's Office, are members of the class certified in Burns v. Elrod. After their petition to file a late claim in the class settlement was denied on the ground that the notice to the class of the settlement had been adequate, Burns v. Elrod, 757 F.2d 151, 154 (7th Cir.1985), they commenced a new class action on behalf of former employees of the...

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