Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1981No. 80-441PublishedCited by 965 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
This is a class action involving allegations of racial discrimination in employment on the part of petitioners, the Gulf Oil Co. (Gulf) and one of the unions at its Port Arthur, Tex., refinery. We granted a writ of certiorari to determine the scope of a district court’s authority to limit communications from named plaintiffs and their counsel to prospective class members, during the pendency of a class action. We hold that in the circumstances of this case the District Court exceeded its authority under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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In April 1976, Gulf and the Equal Employment…
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