Legal Opinion
Falcon v. General Telephone Co. of Southwest
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided June 17, 1985No. CA 3-75-0403-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BUCHMEYER, District Judge.
The history of this landmark case— which, as the Fifth Circuit has noted, “significantly altered the pertinent law of this Circuit” concerning class certifications in employment discrimination cases 1 — is contained in the following decisions: General Telephone Co. v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 102 S.Ct. 2364, 72 L.Ed.2d 740 (1982) and 450 U.S. 1036, 101 S.Ct. 1752, 68 L.Ed.2d 234 (1981), both reversing portions of the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in Falcon v. General Telephone Co., 626 F.2d 369 (5th Cir.1980), which in turn reversed parts of the decision by…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mariano S. Falcon v. General Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Shafer v. Commander, Army & Air Force Exchange ServiceDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1985