Everett Burnside v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.

Plaintiffs Burnside, Wooten and Hunter filed their initial complaint in this Ti-üe vn employment discrimination suit on August 3, 1973. On January 18, 1974, the district court dismissed remaining plaintiff Burnside’s amended complaint 1 for failure to respond to defendant’s motion to dismiss. At the same time, the district judge ordered that the cause be dismissed as a class action by reason of plaintiff’s failure to appear at a special hearing called to consider the appropriateness of proceeding with the class action. Almost seven months later, on August 8, 1974, plaintiff Burnside filed a…