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ROSS v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORP.

Nos. 89-8378, 89-8703, 89-8722, 90-8470 and 91-8641.

980 F.2d 648 (1993)

Issiah ROSS, Jr., Eddie Slaughter, William Morgan Porter, Johnnie Lee Palms, James C. Homer, John W. Taylor, Vernon Alexander Putman, Hosey J. White, Jr., Franklin Roosevelt Scott, Gerry Plant, Tabitha Herring, George Rumph, Nanette Tyson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. William Morgan PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. Issiah ROSS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Issiah ROSS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. Issiah ROSS, Jr., Johnnie Lee Palms, James C. Homer, John W. Taylor, Gerry Plant, Tabitha Herring, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. BUCKEYE CELLULOSE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Finkelstein, Albany, Ga., for Issiah Ross and William Morgan Porter, et al.

John G. Skinner, Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, Ga., for Buckeye Cellulose Corp.

Before ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, HILL and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

I. FACTS

Appellants in this action are all black, present or former employees of appellee Buckeye Cellulose Corporation ("Buckeye").1 Buckeye is an Ohio corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company. Buckeye owns several plants in various states around the country, including one in Macon County, Georgia, near Oglethorpe, known as the "Flint River Plant." For...

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