Indiana Employment Security Division v. Burney
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana Employment Security Division et al. v. Burney
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
No. 71-1119. Argued: December 7, 1972 --- Decided: January 17, 1973
There being no named representative of the class except appellee, settlement of appellee's claim for benefits in this class action challenging Indiana's system of administering unemployment insurance raises a question as to whether this case has become moot.
347 F.Supp. 218, vacated and remanded.
Darrel K. Diamond, Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General.
Ivan E. Bodensteiner argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Stephen P. Berzon, Stefan M. Rosenzweig, and Fred H. Altshuler.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Elizabeth Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, and Asher Rubin, Deputy Attorney General, for the State of California, and by Harry T. Ice for College University Corp. et al.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by J. Albert Woll, Laurence Gold, and Thomas E. Harris for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and by Dennis R. Yeager, E. Richard Larson, Howard I. Rosenberg, James H. Seckinger, John M. Levy, Marttie Louis Thompson, Joseph A. Matera, C. Christopher Brown, and C. Lyonel Jones for National Employment Law Project et al.
PER CURIAM.