McNASBY v. CROWN CORK AND SEAL CO., INC.

No. 88-1893.

888 F.2d 270 (1989)

Elizabeth McNASBY, Catherine Beres, Henrietta Elliott, Margaret Felmey, Ann Jacyszyn, Virginia Knowles, Lorraine Mason, Edith McGrody, Betty (Ponath) Moyer, Joan Murphy, Eleanor Neyer, Marie Pekla, and Doris Yocum, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. CROWN CORK AND SEAL CO., INC. and Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, AFL-CIO, a/k/a Sheet Metal Production Workers' Union, Local 266, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Lerner (argued), Jeffrey Ivan Pasek, Paul J. Russoniello, Vernon R. Byrd, Jr., Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Shiekman and Cohen, Seth F. Kreimer, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Aaron C.F. Finkbiner, III (argued), Arthur S. Gabinet, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Stephen B. Burbank, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Crown, Cork and Seal Co., Inc.

Mark P. Muller, Freedman & Lorry, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Sheet Metal Workers Union, Local 266.

Charles A. Shanor, Gen. Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate Gen. Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Carolyn L. Wheeler, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, E.E.O.C.

Before BECKER, STAPLETON and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied November 8, 1989.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This protracted employment discrimination case presents several intricate and difficult questions concerning the law of claim preclusion as applied by the federal courts under the full faith and credit statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (1982). At bottom, we must decide whether a decision of the state's highest court affirming a state agency's finding...

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