Dorothy M. Ezell v. Mobile Housing Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
IT IS ORDERED that leave to appeal from the interlocutory order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama entered on February 22, 1978, is DENIED. Because the district court has held an appropriate hearing on the issue of class certification, an appeal from the decertification order may ultimately be appropriate even if the individual representatives’ claims are subsequently mooted, see Satterwhite v. City of Greenville (CA5, 1978), 578 F.2d 987, 995-996, as well as dissenting opinion of Judge Godbold, 578 F.2d at 999; Geraghty v. U. S. Parole…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Satterwhite v. City of GreenvilleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Knable v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977