Legal Opinion

William ENGLISH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 7, 1972No. 71-3362PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from an order of the district court upon a “motion to dismiss for failure to join indispensable parties” made by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company (Seaboard), appellee. 1 The district court denied the motion but stayed the action until such time as the plaintiff files an amendment naming as defendant one or more of the white employees included in said class, whereupon this Court will pass an order pursuant to Rule 23(a) providing for service upon said class to show cause why they should not be…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  5. William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Robertson v. National Basketball AssociationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
  2. Adrian G. Duplantier v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Lau v. BautistaHawaii Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Smith v. B & O RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1979
  5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1974

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