William REED, Jr., Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and United Auto Workers, Local Union 276, Defendants-Appellees

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Certain class representatives and dissident members of a class certified under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ask that we overturn an approval by the trial court of a class settlement. Finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in approving the settlement and articulated its reasons for doing so with clarity and completeness, we affirm.

In March 1976, William Reed and others, on behalf of a class of black workers, filed suit against General Motors asserting claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. A class…