Aurore C., et.al., 1 Complainant, v. W. Thomas Reeder, Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agency.

9 Cited authorities

  1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

    564 U.S. 338 (2011)   Cited 6,815 times   508 Legal Analyses
    Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”
  2. Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon

    457 U.S. 147 (1982)   Cited 5,748 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that named plaintiff must prove “much more than the validity of his own claim”; the individual plaintiff must show that “the individual's claim and the class claims will share common questions of law or fact and that the individual's claim will be typical of the class claims,” explicitly referencing the “commonality” and “typicality” requirements of Rule 23
  3. Gen. Tel. Co. v. EEOC

    446 U.S. 318 (1980)   Cited 1,403 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the EEOC's enforcement suits should not be considered representative actions subject to Rule 23"
  4. McReynolds v. Lynch

    672 F.3d 482 (7th Cir. 2012)   Cited 143 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Rule 23(f)'s 14-day limitations period is not jurisdictional
  5. Bolden v. Walsh Constr. Co.

    688 F.3d 893 (7th Cir. 2012)   Cited 82 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Finding no commonality based on "the fact that plaintiffs' experiences differ"
  6. Youngblood v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

    09 Civ. 3176 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 4, 2011)   Cited 22 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting class certification
  7. Harriss v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

    74 F.R.D. 24 (N.D. Cal. 1977)   Cited 80 times
    Setting forth the requirements of commonality and typicality to maintain a class action claim involving unlawful employment practices
  8. Rule 23 - Class Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 23   Cited 35,684 times   1244 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
  9. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,002 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"