United States Fourth Circuit

In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly denied a motion for class certification on the ground that plaintiffs' challenges to defendants' employee practices do not satisfy the requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2005
• Published 05/04/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Ivan D. Smith, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York, New York, for Appellant.  Glen David Nager, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Julian R. Birnbaum, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York, New York;  Ray P. McClain, Ray P. McClain, Attorney, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina;  Brown & Mulrain, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellant.  Deborah A. Sudbury, Douglas M. Towns, Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia;  Shay Dvoretzky, Jones Day, New York, New York;  Kenneth E. Young, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees.  Elaine R. Jones, Director, Norman J. Chachkin, Robert H. Stroup, NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae NAACP.  Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Ellen Dunham Bryant, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.;  Ann Elizabeth Reesman, Katherine Y.K. Cheung, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Council and Chamber.