Lumpkin v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendant Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (Coca-Cola) has responded in opposition to the motion and the court, having considered the memoranda of authorities, together with attachments, submitted by the parties, concludes that the motion is not well taken and should be denied.1

*382The ten named plaintiffs in this ease, African-Americans who are currently or were formerly employed by Coca-Cola at its…