Legal Opinion
Curry v. SBC Communications, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 23, 2008No. 06-11728PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION CLASS CERTIFICATION
DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.
This putative class action was filed by the three named plaintiffs who allege racial discrimination by their employer and their union local, claiming that the defendants’ actions created a hostile work environment and resulted in desperate treatment in violation of state and federal law. The plaintiffs seek to certify the matter as a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2), which is appropriate when “the party opposing the class has acted or refused to act on grounds that apply generally to…
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