Revised August 20, 1998
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 96-30489 _____________________
JAMES E. ALLISON; RAY ANDERSON; JOANNE ANDREPONT; RAYMOND ARTIS; JOSEPH AUSTIN; CHARLES AVERY; RONALD BALLOU; LEROY BALLOU; DANIEL BARRON; ARNOLD BATISTE; REGINALD BILBO; DAVID L. BLANEY; ALEX BROUSSARD; CALVIN BROUSSARD; NORTHERN BROWN; SANDRA BROWN; SOLOMON BUTLER; JESSE L. CARMEN; CHARLES CARRIER; JUNIUS CARTER; DONALD CEASAR; AUDREY T. CELESTINE; ANTHONY CHAMPAGE; REID CHAMPMAN; JAQUELINE CLEMONS; LEONARD COLE; GLENNETH COLEMAN; LESTER COLEMAN; CLEVELAND J. COLLINS; LARRY A. COMBEST; LYNETTE CORMIER; GEORGE DARBONNE; PATRICIA DARBONNE; XAVIER DARBONNE; WILLIE DEJEAN; LOUIS A DUDLEY; JOSEPH DUGAR; LONEY M. DUGAR; CHARLES ELLIS; PETER EVANS; CLYDE FELIX; CHARLES FOBB, JR.; CLINTON FOBBS, JR; GILBERT FOOTE; HOWARD DEE FOREMAN; VELMA M. GALLIEN; RAY A. GARLAND; MCARTHUR GILLIAM; PAUL GOODWIN; MARION R. GREENE; SHELTON GUILLORY; WILTON GUILLORY; WILLIE RAY HAMILTON; DONALD HARRIS; EDWINA M. HARRIS; SILVER RAY HARRIS; RAY HARRIS; DONALD HARRISON; HENRY G. HAWKINS; HELEN G. HENRY; WILLIE IRVING; DONALD D. JACKSON; JACK JOHNSON; SAMUEL JOHNSON; LAWRENCE JONES; EDWARD JORDAN; HORACE J. LAMBERT; ANGEL LEBLANC; ALBERT LEDAY, JR.; CLIFFORD LEDAY; ARTHUR K. LEE; EARL J. LEMELL; JOSEPH LEMELL, JR.; WILBERT J. LEWIS; HAROLD J. LOCKETT; KATHLEEN V. MANUEAL; PAUL D. MATTHEWS; AUBREY MATTHEWS; CHARLET L. MCCAIN; LOUIS E. METOYER; WESLEY J. MONROE; MELVIN MOREAU; MARK A. MOTT; WILLIE MOUTON; JOSEPH LARRY NELSON; MOSES NELSON; HERBERT L. OLIVER; EDWARD OLIVER; MARK H. PAPPION; CORNELIUS PAPPION; FREDERICK PERRODIN; JOSEPH PERRON, JR.; AUGUST PETE; DARRELL PETE; GUSSIE PITRE; PATRICIA PITRE; GEORGE POLK, JR; LINTON POULLARD, JR.; JOSEPH PRUDHOMME; LARRY PRUDHOMME, JR.; HARVEY C. PULLARD; CHARLES W. RAWL; FREDERICK RIDEAUX; JOSEPH A. RILEY; VIRGINIA RILEY; NANCY RYAN; NATHANIEL H. SAPP; LOUIS SEMIEN, JR.; CHESTER SENEGAL; JOSEPH SENIEN, JR.; JESSIE L. SHAW; HOWARD W. SHERMAN; WANDA F. SMITH; GEORGE STENSON; GERALD STERLING; RICHARD STERLING; CHARLES A. TALBERT; PATRICIA TAYLOR; GEORGE E. TAYLOR; MARTIN THOMAS; WARREN G. THOMAS; DONALD THOMPSON; HUEY P. TOLSTON; ELRAY VICTORIAN; SHEILA WARD; CYNTHIA WASHINGTON; VICTOR WASHINGTON; WARREN WASHINGTON; WILSON WASHINGTON; HUEY WILLIAM; WILBERT WILLIAMS; ERROL WILSON; ARMOND WYATT,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
JONATHAN ANDERSON; DANIEL COX; RUSSELL METOYER; HILLERY RANDELL; LEO P. REEDER,
Intervenors Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.,
Defendant-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
_________________________________________________________________ August 18, 1998
Before JOLLY, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal presents the question whether the
district court properly refused to certify a class action
challenging employment practices by the Citgo Petroleum Corporation
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On May 15, 1998, the panel issued its opinion in this case. The earlier opinion is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor. The primary modifications from the previous opinion appear in Part VII of this substituted opinion.
("Citgo") under Title VII (as amended in 1991) and the Civil Rights
Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The plaintiffs, Allison and over
130 other named plaintiffs and intervenors, filed suit on behalf of
black employees and applicants for employment alleging that Citgo
engaged in class-wide racial discrimination