Legal Opinion
In re Burlington Northern, Inc. Employment Practices Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1986No. Nos. 85-2898, 85-3087PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves two issues left unresolved after the settlement of a multi-mil-lion-dollar Title VII race discrimination class action against the Burlington Northern railroad and its unions. The district court in Chicago certified the class, composed of black employees throughout the BN system, in 1978, and in 1979 the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated in Chicago all the Title VII race discrimination cases pending against BN in several districts. The district court appointed as lead counsel for plaintiffs the Minneapolis firm of Sprenger, Olson…
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