United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. v. Honorable Miles W. Lord

In this class action litigation petitioners pray for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent (1) to limit an order of the respondent district judge, certifying a national plaintiff class, (2) ""compelling"" the respondent to limit to Minnesota and set a cut-off date for the class conditionally, and (3) to vacate an order permitting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to intervene in the action. The petitioners are defendants in the civil action pending before the respondent United States District Judge in the Fourth Division of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The action in question is pending on a class action complaint filed by Sheila Mead and Terry Oakley, former employees of United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (USF&G) until January and April, 1977, respectively. The amended complaint seeks to enforce provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on their behalf individually and on behalf of a ""company-wide"" class of ""all female persons who have been, or are presently employed or might be employed and all past, present and future female applicants for employment at defendant USF&G offices throughout the United States . . . ."" (Supplemental Appendix, ""S.A."" hereinafter, 3).