Legal Opinion
Wright v. Allis-Chalmers
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided April 7, 1980No. Civ. A. 74-M-459PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
McFADDEN, Chief Judge.
This case, filed on May 15, 1974 and originally styled William E. Hughley et al. v. Allis-Chalmers et al., began as a class action. Plaintiff, Jimmy Wright, one of the seventeen named plaintiffs, asserted the individual claim that he had been discharged because of race. The court approved a Consent Decree on July 15, 1977, which resolved all claims except Wright’s, which was severed by agreement for subsequent determination.
The order of July 15, 1977 defined the issue:
The issue shall be whether plaintiff Jimmy Wright was discharged from employment with…
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