Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 1994No. Nos. 92-2000, 92-2163 and 92-2996PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question whether the pendency of a Title VII class action tolls the administrative charge-filing period for the class members when class certification is vacated because the representative failed to make a timely filing with the EEOC. We hold that it does toll the period for those wishing to bring individual suits but does not for those wishing to bring class action suits.
I. BACKGROUND
A. THE GRIFFIN LITIGATION
This lawsuit was filed in 1979 by Peners L. Griffin as an “across-the-board” class action, under Fifth Circuit precedent that allowed a…
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