Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 24, 1975No. Nos. 74-1815, 74-1816 and 74-2063PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated cases, two appeals and a petition for mandamus, bring before us aspects of a rapidly developing problem area in the law respecting the administration and prosecution of class action litigation. The successful efforts of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in achieving massive industry-wide consent decrees has already resulted in a burgeoning number of cases in which labor unions have contended that the decrees have imposed obligations on employers inconsistent with those seniority and job bidding practices for which they…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Gulf Oil Co. v. BernardSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Coastal Steel Corp. v. Tilghman Wheelabrator Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- In Re General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- In Re School Asbestos Litigation. Pfizer Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee., Intervenor. Kaiser Cement Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. Acands, Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. Asten Group, Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Asten Group, Inc., Dana Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Kaiser Cement Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- In Re Adele HalkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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