Legal Opinion
Beavers v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided November 21, 1990No. CV-86-N-1982-S, CV-88-N-933-SPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
EDWIN L. NELSON, District Judge.
I. Statement of the Case.
In these consolidated actions, six individuals seek relief on behalf of themselves and a class of plaintiffs consisting of past, present and future male employees of American Cast Iron Pipe Company (“ACIP-CO” or “the Company”). The plaintiffs assert that since 1962 ACIPCO has maintained a policy of requiring that in order to be covered under the company’s medical insurance benefits plan, “children and legally adopted children must reside full-time with a permanent or full-time or retired employee.” They contend that…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Beavers v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Dunn v. Cobb CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1991
- Ray Wayne Beavers, Terry Chaffin, Oscar Jenkins, James Dollar, Richard L. Johnson, Charles Harmon, as Representatives of a Class Described and Composed of All Male Employees, Former Employees, and Prospective Employees, Rodney Craig Rosetta, Paul Franklin Coupland, Roger Dale Miller, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Oscar Jenkins and James Dollar, as Representatives of a Class Described and Composed of All Male Employees, Former Employees, and Prospective Employees v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Ray Wayne Beavers, Terry Chaffin, Oscar Jenkins, James Dollar, Richard L. Johnson, Charles Harmon, as Representatives of a Class Described and Composed of All Male Employees, Former Employees, and Prospective Employees, Rodney Craig Rosetta, Roger Dale Miller and Paul Franklin Coupland, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Oscar Jenkins and James Dollar, as Representatives of a Class Described and Composed of All Male Employees, Former Employees, and Prospective Employees, Rodney Craig Rosetta, Roger Dale Miller and Paul Franklin Coupland, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. American Cast Iron Pipe CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992