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NAT. ASS'N FOR ADV. OF COLORED PEOPLE v. U.S. SUGAR

Nos. 95-5044, 95-5110.

84 F.3d 1432 (1996)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY BRANCH, et al., Appellees, v. UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION and Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent C. Costantino, Assistant Counsel, U.S. Department of Labor, and John M. Simpson, Washington, DC, argued the causes for appellants. With them on the briefs were Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, R. Craig Lawrence and Michael J. Ryan, Assistant United States Attorneys, Harry L. Sheinfeld, Counsel, U.S. Department of Labor, and Robert A. Burgoyne, Washington, DC. Robert E. Muraro and Sarah L. Schweitzer entered appearances pro hac vice for the United States Sugar Corporation.

Edward J. Tuddenham, Austin, TX, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Robert A. Williams, Tallahassee, FL. Bruce Goldstein, Washington, DC, and Shelley Davis, Chicago, IL, entered appearances.

Before: GINSBURG, RANDOLPH, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

In 1982, the Jefferson County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and six named farm workers filed this class action against the Department of Labor in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Fourteen years, three dismissals, and six Secretaries of Labor later, these plaintiffs ask us to send this case back to that court...

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