Legal Opinion

Grimes v. Pitney Bowes Inc.

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided April 1, 1983No. Civ. A. No. C79-779APublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

FORRESTER, District Judge.

This employment discrimination case, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981, is presently before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Plaintiffs seek this court to certify this action as a class action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(2) and to define generally the class as those black employees who have been disciplined and/or discharged by defendant and those persons who have been denied promotional opportunities within defendant’s higher paying job classifications. See Brief in Support of Motion for Class Action Order, at 1-2 (filed November…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Thomas A. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY COMPANY, Etc., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Samuel WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STONE CONTAINER CORP., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  4. Leon G. Nichols, Rudolph J. Bystrak, Intervenors-Appellants v. Mobile Board of Realtors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. Southern v. Board of Trustees for the Dallas Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1970

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ballan v. Upjohn Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1994
  2. Reid v. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2001
  3. Fisher v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
  4. Fuller v. Fruehauf Trailer Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1996
  5. Kingsepp v. Wesleyan UniversityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992

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