Frieda Golden, Complainant, v. F. Whitten Peters, Secretary, Department of the Air Force, Agency.

2 Cited authorities

  1. Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon

    457 U.S. 147 (1982)   Cited 5,700 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
  2. Woods v. Milner

    760 F. Supp. 623 (E.D. Mich. 1991)   Cited 3 times

    No. 89-73756. March 15, 1991. Jeffrey A. Heldt, Birmingham, Mich., for plaintiffs. Jennifer Elgee, Detroit, Mich., for defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ROSEN, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This four-count lawsuit is presently before the Court on four dispositive motions filed by the parties between November 20, 1989 and January 14, 1991. These motions are as follows: (1) Defendants' Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 56 Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts