ABURIME v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 92-3070, 92-3786MN.

8 F.3d 626 (1993)

Christopher D. ABURIME, Plaintiff-Appellant, Bobby W. Lucas; Blanche Clay; Joseph R. Richburg; Sandra Williams; Alvin Williams; Gwendolyn J. Stevens; Larry Washington; Marcia L. Atkins; Robert Garner; Richard M. Jones; James Baul; Sandra Holmes; Deartice Sanders; Susan Hagood, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Aircraft Technical Support Association; Northwest Airlines Meteorologist's Association; Transport Workers Union of America, Defendants. Christopher D. ABURIME; Bobby W. Lucas; Blanche Clay; Joseph R. Richburg; Sandra Williams; Alvin Williams; Gwendolyn J. Stevens; Larry Washington; Marcia L. Atkins; Robert Garner; Richard M. Jones; James Baul; Sandra Holmes; Deartice Sanders; Susan Hagood; Gloria Williams; Marshall Adams; Brandon Carter; Carolyn Cockfield; Jeff Cooper; Darcy Davis; David Francis; Lloyd Gay; Charles Mack; Harold Richardson; Jarvis Shotwell; Anthony Turner; Steven Wagner, individually and on behalf of the settlement class, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Reginald Bruce; Richard Carter; Ron Carter; Timothy Grigsby; Reginald Horton; George Hudson; Larry Johnson; Ingrid Karriem; Orlando Moorhead; Rondalyn Palmer; Leon Richardson; Winfred Scott; Joseph Snow; Edward A. Anderson; Kevin Baker; Alfonso Brown; Barry Brown; Gaynell Carter; Oswald Collins; Toni Dexter; Margo Easton; Angelina Francis; Jeffrey Frank; Olivine Green; Gerard Jackson; Essie Jeffries; Tashika Lee; St. Clair Mitchell; Claudette Natural; Charlita Nunn; Macarthur Perkins; Cheryl Perryman; Bruce Rembert; Charles Scott; Edward Sims; Mahlon Smith; Cassandra Thomas; Michael Toney; Lynett Turner; Keith Williams; Andre Andrews; Aubrey Burcy; Cheryl Davis; Edward Draper; Nikita Evans; Michelle J. Gage; J.R. Graham; Alvin Gray; Patricia Griffin; Ardana Gross-Johnson; Duane Jenkins; Gregory King; Ray Lampkin, Jr.; Rosemarie Martin; William Z. Moore; Jeanine Roberts; Rendala Sasulters; Lavada P. Solomon; Patricia Starks-Faggett; Gretchen Wallace; Vivian S. White, Plaintiffs-Class Claimants-Appellants, Sprenger & Lang, Appellant, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Aircraft Technical Support Association; Northwest Airlines Meteorologist's Association; Transport Workers Union of America, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1993.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Coler, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Jean M. Boler, Susan M. Coler, Minneapolis, MN, and Paul C. Sprenger and Jane Lang, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellants.

Robert Hobbins, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Robert L. Hobbins, Jean F. Holloway and Charles R. Shreffler, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

A class of black employees and job applicants (claimants) of Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA) brought an action against NWA alleging employment discrimination on the basis of race. To resolve the action, the parties entered a consent decree that provided injunctive relief to enhance job opportunities for the claimants at NWA. The consent decree establishes a claims procedure that allows claimants who meet certain eligibility criteria to present individual...

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