Legal Opinion
Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1969No. 26974_1PublishedCited by 528 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CABOT, District Judge:
This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), from an order dated June 24, 1968, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia which denied appellant’s motion to strike the appellee’s demand for a jury trial and holding that appellant could not maintain this suit as a class action until he proved that he had been discharged because of race. Additionally, the order restricted the scope of the class to those persons who had been discharged because of their race. The issues to be decided, therefore, are whether or not the court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- John Martin Oatis, David Johnson, Sr., and R. T. Young v. Crown Zellerbach CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- William Harris v. Palm Springs Alpine Estates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Mildred M. Smith, Agnes L. Stokes, and Patricia L. Taylor v. Hampton Training School for Nurses, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by528 opinions
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Curtis v. LoetherSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. KnudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. NovotnySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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