Legal Opinion
Bittinger v. Tecumseh Products Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1997No. Nos. 96-1231, 96-1233, 96-1234 and 96-1260PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J., joined by Gibson, J.,
RYAN, J. (pp. 885-90), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
SUMMARY
In this ERISA and Labor-Management Relations Act class action, the plaintiff class, made up of former hourly workers at the Tecumseh Products Company, appeals the district court’s dismissal of its claims based on the doctrine of res judicata. The plaintiffs also appeal the district court’s rejection of their jury trial request. The defendants cross-appeal on the theory that the district court should not have certified the plaintiff class. We decide in order the questions of (1) whether under the…
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