Legal Opinion

Barbara J. Key v. Gillette Company

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 24, 1986No. 85-1251PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CEREZO, District Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in revoking the class certification, 104 F.R.D. 139 (D.C.Mass.), after the court had ruled against the plaintiff on her individual claim.

Barbara J. Key filed this sex discrimination in employment action on behalf of herself and all women who held any exempt position (salaried, nonhourly employees) at any of the Massachusetts facilities of The Gillette Company during the years 1968 through 1975, inclusive. It was alleged that Gillette regularly paid women less than comparably qualified men and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Reuben J. Katz, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Carte Blanche CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  2. 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 211, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9931 Sandra Wetzel and Mari Ross, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Equal Opportunity Commission as Amicus Curiae v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  3. In Re General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  4. Nolvert P. SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, Etc. v. the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Et Al.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. DeGrace v. RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Weinman v. Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund (In Re Integra Realty Resources, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
  2. Teresa Barney and Randy Barney, Bonita Waldron, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Intervenor-Appellant v. Holzer Clinic, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  3. Zapata v. IBP, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1996
  4. Craft v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Chesapeake Energy Corp.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2012

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