St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Voluntary Purchasing Groups, Inc.

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and individuals too numerous to list, all of whom were designated as involuntary plaintiffs, appeal from their unwilling addition to this suit by a class certification. The appel-lees consist of Voluntary Purchasing Group, Inc., the Bonny Corporation, and Meridian Housing Company, which is the successor corporation to Universal Chemical Company, which is the successor corporation to Hi-Yield Fertilizer Company, Inc., and Hi-Yield Chemical Company, Inc., who were named as defendants in the…