97-C-1233 Gwendylyn Abram, et al. v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc., et al.Eastern District of Wisconsin, Randa, J.

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“When blame for discrimination is laid at the feet of a single decisionmaker, or a small group of individuals, it is comparatively easy to find ‘commonality.’ … Here, by contrast, the decisions of apparently hundreds of center managers are implicated, requiring many individualized inquiries that not only undermine ‘commonality’ but also have the potential to render class treatment unworkable … [I]t is undisputed that decisions about pay were made at the local … level.”

Plaintiff’s motion for class certification is denied.

97-C-1233 Gwendylyn Abram, et al. v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc., et al.

Eastern District of Wisconsin, Randa, J.

Attorneys:

Sara E. Siskund; Charles J. Barnhill, Jr., William P. Dixon, Madison; Curry First, Milwaukee; Joseph M. Sellers, Paul T. Gallagher, Christine Webber, Washington, DC; Judson H. Miner, Chicago; Mary P. Ninneman, George K. Whyte, Jr., Heidi B. Retzlaff, Milwaukee; Raymond L. Wheeler, Portia R. Moore, Elizabeth P. Allor, James E. Boddy, Jr., Valerie R. Park, William R. Burford, Yolanda M. Sanders, San Francisco.