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BOLIN v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 99-20627.

231 F.3d 970 (2000)

Thomas R. BOLIN; Billie F. Bolin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Stanley Patton; Elena Smith; Ralph Freeze, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Justin Cooper (argued), Cooper, Carwin & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, Betty Stovall Clark, Houston, TX, Evelyn Vincent Keyes, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Nickens & Wilson, Houston, TX, Harold Joseph Lezar, Jr., Clements, O'Neill, Pierce & Nickens, Dallas, TX, for Thomas and Billie Bolin, Patton, Smith and Freeze.

John P. Mustachio, Law Office of John Mustachio, Houston, TX, for Thomas and Billie Bolin.

Louis R. Cohen (argued), Philip David Anker, Laura Ann Heymann, Lawrence Arthur Kasten, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Peter E. Strand, LeAnn D. Morrissey, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, for Sears, Roebuck & Co.

James Thomas McMillen, Corpus Christi, TX, for National Ass'n of Consumer Bankruptcy Attys., Amicus Curiae.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal under Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure presents defendant Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s challenge to Rule 23(b)(2) certification of a class of bankrupt debtors alleging illegal post-bankruptcy collection practices by Sears. The Bolin plaintiffs raise a second issue: whether 28 U.S.C. § 1292(e), the enabling authority for Rule 23(f), is an unconstitutional delegation of Congress's...

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