WALKER v. CITY OF MESQUITE

No. 87-1123.

858 F.2d 1071 (1988)

Debra WALKER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF MESQUITE, et al., Defendants. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF DALLAS and The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants-Appellees, v. Tillie BAYLOR and Kenneth Hogg, Members of the Class, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Hicks, Donald W. Hill, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

Michael Jay Singer, Mark W. Pennak, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S. Dept. HUD.

Michael M. Daniel, Elizabeth K. Julian, Executive Director, North Cent. Texas Legal Service Foundation, Inc., Dallas, Tex. for Debra Walker, et al. and Thompson, et al.

Joseph G. Werner, Stephen A. Grimmer, Dallas, Tex. for Housing Authority of the City of Dallas.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Tillie Baylor and Reverend Kenneth Hogg, individual members of a certified class, but not named parties in the instant suit, seek to challenge a consent decree entered by the district court approving a settlement between the named parties. Concluding that Baylor and Hogg lack the requisite standing to appeal the consent decree in this class action, we dismiss.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On June 25, 1985, plaintiff...

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