SCOTT v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

No. 12-1610.

733 F.3d 105 (2013)

Luanna SCOTT; Shunderia Garlington; Ruth Beth; Wendy Bevis; Katherine Bracey; Ruby Brady; Marie Alice Brockway; Vickie Clutter; Diane Conaway; Judy Corrow; Traci Davis; Carol Dinolfo; Rebecca Dixon; Pamela Ewalt; Nancy Fehling; Teresa Fleming; Irene Grace; Dorothy Harson; Charlene Hazelton; Shelly Hughes; Christal J. Joslyn; Ada L. Kennedy; Neita Lafreniere; Margie A. Little; Carol Martin; Leanne Maxwell; Wanda Mayfield; Doris Moody; Vanessa L. Peeples; Veronica Perry-Preddie; Ruth Ellen Phelps; Sheila Pippin; Lana Radosh; Michelle Rodgers; Vada Rose; Vickey Jo Scrivwer; Linda R. Silva; Sharon Sipes; Nancy Smith; Marie E. Spellissy; Sylvia C. Tenorio; Judy Tidrick; Beverly L. Triplett; Carol Sue Vanfleet; Debbie Vasquez; Claire White; Bonnie Williams; Cindy Marie Zimbrich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Linda L. Fulmer; Jean MacQuarrie; Helen Zimmerman, Plaintiffs, v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis PC, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellants. John Robbins Wester , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. , David Bennet Ross , Rebecca S. Bjork , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, New York; David C. Wright, III , Adam K. Doerr , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge KEENAN joined. Judge KEENAN wrote a concurring opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote a dissenting opinion.


GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

In this sex discrimination and equal pay action filed pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and Section 216(b) of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d), Appellants appeal the district court's grant of Family Dollar Stores, Inc.'s ("Family Dollar") motion to dismiss and/or strike class claims under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(c), 12(f), and 23(d)(1)(D), and the district court's denial...

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