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TILLEY v. TJX COS.

No. 03-8001.

345 F.3d 34 (2003)

Gerardine E. Tilley, Plaintiff, Respondent v. Tjx Companies, Inc. and Dennis East International, Inc., Defendants, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 2, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Abate, with whom David M. O'Connor and O'Connor & Associates were on brief, for appellants.

Sandra J. Staub, with whom James C. Duda and Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before Selya, Circuit Judge, Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, and Howard, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A recent amendment to the Civil Rules permits courts of appeals, in their discretion, to entertain interlocutory appeals from orders granting or denying class certification. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f). To this point, no court has addressed the criteria that should guide the exercise of discretion in permitting (or declining to permit) interlocutory appeals with respect to defendant classes. This petition for leave to appeal from a class...

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