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ANDERSON v. WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER CO.

Nos. 03-1150, 03-1151.

406 F.3d 248 (2005)

Virginia ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Sherman T. Lott; Vernelle Payton; Larry Coleman; Ava Hawkins; Curtis Young; Clinton Edwards, Jr.; Francis H. Newman, Jr.; Samuel Quiller; Pamela Wade; Bennie Breeland; Glenn Stephenson; Kenneth L. Brady, Sr.; Clyde Reed; Robin Holman; John L. Naylor; Gwendolyn H. Watts; Alton Barnes; Hayward Ervin; Alana J. Lewis; Debra A. Williams; Jimmie Lee Turner; William Bonaparte, Jr.; Jeffrey A. Myers; Johnny J. Holmes; James Sherman, III; Debbie S.G. Pope; Charles Jones; Annie B. Lottabney; Olivia G. Gavin; Diane J. Crawford; Maxine S. White; Marvin Moore; Bertha Legree; Irmagene Reed; Willar H. Hightower, Jr.; Jeffrey A. Bailey; Constance Dorsey; Ryson Carter; Rhonda M. Tiller; Peggy M. Pollock; Calvin L. Cooks; Gloria J. Collins; Danita L. Myler; Patricia Langford; Delores Beasley; Mary L. Johnson; Moses Myers; Benita Bass; Linchie H. Simmons; Walter Daise; Wanda Y. Smith; Bernard Nora; Carolyn W. Thorpe; Tommy A. Campbell; Donald F. Brooks; Lewis Holston; Deitra M. Pough; Angela Y. Holbrook; Phyllis A. Calhounhurley; Norris V. Rouse; Ursula D. Gay-Furse; Debra Gantt; Elvira Johnson; William R. Hall; Sharon M. Campbell; Winston Butler; Quitman White; Leon Baker; Linda B. Baker; George Bush; Gary L. Carter; Curtis Coker, Jr.; Dianne T. Davis; Sandra Harrison; Charlotte Johnson; Tyrone Davis; Marinda B. Johnson; Johnny King; Delores Martin; Clinton L. McCalla; Douglas Mckenzie; Marilyn Mckie; Marlene L. Moore; James Moton; Goldie S. Randle; Thomas Williams; Joseph Rideaux; William L. Ryans; Dianne S. Scott; Veronica Shaw; Michael Staley; Calvin R. Suber; George A. Taylor; Ellen M. Vessel; Kenneth E. Vinson; Hope Yarborough, For Themselves And On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY; The Babcock & Wilcox Savannah River Company, Incorporated; British Nuclear Fuels Limited Savannah River Corporation; Bechtel Savannah River, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. NAACP Legal Defense And Education Fund, Inc., Amicus Supporting Appellant, Equal Employment Advisory Council; Chamber of Commerce, Amici Supporting Appellee. Virginia Anderson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Westinghouse Savannah River Company Defendant-Appellee, and Bechtel Savannah River, Incorporated; The Babcock & Wilcox Savannah River Company, Incorporated; British Nuclear Fuels Limited Savannah River Corporation, Defendants. NAACP Legal Defense And Education Fund, Inc., Amicus Supporting Appellant, Equal Employment Advisory Council; Chamber Of Commerce, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ivan D. Smith, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York, New York, for Appellant. Glen David Nager, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Julian R. Birnbaum, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York, New York; Ray P. McClain, Ray P. McClain, Attorney, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina; Brown & Mulrain, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellant. Deborah A. Sudbury, Douglas M. Towns, Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia; Shay Dvoretzky, Jones Day, New York, New York; Kenneth E. Young, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees. Elaine R. Jones, Director, Norman J. Chachkin, Robert H. Stroup, NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae NAACP. Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Ellen Dunham Bryant, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Ann Elizabeth Reesman, Katherine Y.K. Cheung, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Council and Chamber.

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Judge GREGORY wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

In this Title VII case, plaintiff Virginia Anderson appeals from the district court's orders denying class certification, granting the defendants' motions...

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