Legal Opinion
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D. H. HOLMES CO., LTD., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1977No. 76-4184PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KUNZIG, Judge:
This case of first impression (at the appellate level) comes to us on an interlocutory appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The two questions presented on appeal are: Did the district court properly characterize this particular suit as a class action and, if so, did it correctly determine that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is governed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 1 just as any normal plaintiff? We answer both questions in the affirmative and, therefore, uphold the order of the district court and remand the…
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3Cited by46 opinions
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