Legal Opinion
Bill Clark, Herbert Futch, Austin Hurst, Louis Sliker and William Barrineau v. Coats & Clark, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 16, 1989No. 88-8339PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellants Bill Clark, Herbert Futch, Austin Hurst, Louis Sliker, and William Barrineau appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (Elliot, J.), granting in part appellee Coats & Clark, Inc.’s motion to dismiss. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) has appeared and made a helpful argument as amicus. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
I. Background
All of the appellants in this lawsuit are former employees of appellee Coats & Clark, Inc. (Coats & Clark), and all appellants…
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