The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has traditionally been loath to reverse lower court judges who have scotched class action litigation by declining to certify a class of injured plaintiffs.
But in a 5-year-old racketeering case brought against Calhoun carpet and flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries by its hourly-wage employees, an 11th Circuit panel has reversed and remanded a 2008 decision by U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy that denied class certification to the Mohawk employees who are plaintiffs in the case.
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