COX v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE CO.

No. 87-7485.

847 F.2d 725 (1988)

Annette COX, Mary Jane Seabury, Karen Williams, Brenda Morgan, Beverly Walker, Judy Lockard, Joyce Pandelis, Rebecca Self, Velma Waldrop, Martha (Beth) Earley, Glenda Glenn, Glenda Duncan, Daphne Johnson, Joyce Crane, Patricia Terry, Bernice Huffman, Jewell Smith, Jerri Ogletree, Belinda Black, Rhonda Edwards, Julia Womble, Mary Diane Lee, individually and on behalf of all other class members, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert G. Tate, J. Patrick Logan, F.A. Flowers, III, Burr & Forman, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before VANCE and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case presents an appeal from an order disqualifying the plaintiffs' attorney, Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. We find that we have jurisdiction1 and reverse.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Fifteen years ago Annette Cox and others sued the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) for sex discrimination under Title VII. Following an adverse ruling in 1984, see Cox v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.,

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