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BAYLOR v. U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV.

No. 89-1880.

913 F.2d 223 (1990)

Tillie BAYLOR, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Victor Lander, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jane E. Jackson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Jonathan Strong, U.S. Dept. of HUD, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Joseph G. Werner, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Tex., for Dallas Housing Authority.

Mark W. Pennak, Michael Jay Singer, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for HUD.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Today's case presents the question whether unnamed class members may collaterally attack a consent decree by which they are bound because of a change in the law concerning the subject matter of the decree. Because the unnamed class members have failed to allege that their class representation was inadequate, they remain bound by their named class representatives. We therefore affirm the order of the district court dismissing the plaintiffs' action...

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