Legal Opinion
Shelton ex rel. Williams v. Pargo, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1978No. 77-1125PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents for decision the procedure to be followed by a district court in passing upon a voluntary motion to dismiss an action, filed both as an individual and as a class action, when the individual action has been settled without court approval in advance of any certification of the action as a class' action under Rule 23(c)(1), Fed.R. Civ.P.1
The question arises in a suit filed the last of February, 1976, by the appellee Shelton “on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated” charging racial discrimination violative of Title VII on the part…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1413, 17 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8548 Ruthie M. Shelton, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, and James F. Williams, Intervenor v. Pargo, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978