FOREHAND v. FLORIDA STATE HOSP. AT CHATTAHOOCHEE

No. 94-3080.

89 F.3d 1562 (1996)

Franceslon FOREHAND, Naomi Berry, Vivian Johnson, Virginia Jackson, Ethel Germany, Sadie Bouie, Myles Brown, Jeanette Wynn, Hollis McClendon, all individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL AT CHATTAHOOCHEE, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Spriggs, Spriggs & Johnson, Thomas A. Warren, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants.

Harry F. Chiles, Louis F. Hubener, Charles Collette, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.

Before ANDERSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Franceslon Forehand (individually and on behalf of putative class members), Naomi Berry, Sadie Bouie, Myles Brown, Ethel Germany, Vivian Johnson, Virginia Jackson, Hollis McClendon, and Jeanette Wynn (collectively "appellants") appeal the post-trial entry of judgment against them by the district court. Their appeal raises the following issues: (1) whether the district court erred in decertifying the class ten years after the case was filed...

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