Yesterday afternoon, Judge Myron Thompson entered a short three sentence order which denied the Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification for a Plaintiff Class and Defendant Class in In re: Employment Discrimination Against the State of Alabama, CV-94cv356-MHT.  This is a huge win for the state.  The Motion for Class Certification had been pending for over 6 years and this litigation or some form of it has been around since 1991.  Essentially, the Plaintiffs had sought certification of a class of all black state employees who were allegedly discriminated against in any fashion by any state agency except the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety.  The lawsuit has been a huge drain on state finances and a class action would have had a much greater negative impact so the District Court’s decision is significant.