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22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1782, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,022 Willie Cook v. The Birmingham News
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1980No. 78-3096PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama “clarifying” the consent decree of March 25, 1975, entered by that court in a Title VII 1 class action involving the parties to this appeal. Because we find that the district court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the motion for clarification of the decree, we vacate the order.
I
The appellants in the present proceedings are black employees of the Birmingham News Company (Company) who were plaintiffs in the Title VII class action. They filed the complaint in that suit…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- In The Matter Of Casco Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Chance v. Board of ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Bros Inc. v. W. E. Grace Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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- In Re Donald PearsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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