Legal Opinion
Deborah Baker and Richard Enyeart v. Ibp, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2004No. 02-3967, 02-4065PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs want to represent all persons, authorized to work in the United States, who have been or are now employed at IBP’s meat-processing plant in Joslin, Illinois. They appeal from the district court’s decision that their claim should have been submitted to the National Labor Relations Board rather than a court. Despite Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(c)(1) (“As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be so maintained”), the district judge dismissed the suit without mentioning the…
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