Legal Opinion
In Re: Jeh Johnson.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 1, 2014No. 13-8002PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Senior Circuit Judge:
Eight African-American Secret Service agents who were denied promotions to the GS-14 or GS-15 level, allegedly because of their race, were certified by the district court to sue the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of a class comprising all similarly situated agents, of whom there are approximately 120. The Government argues the plaintiffs are not eligible to proceed as a class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 because they do not meet the requirements of Rule 23(a) that there be “questions of law or fact common to the class” and…
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