Patricia M. Boord, Complainant, v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice, (Federal Bureau of Investigations) 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. East Texas Motor Freight v. Rodriguez

    431 U.S. 395 (1977)   Cited 1,305 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who lacked qualifications to be hired as drivers suffered no injury from alleged discriminatory practices and therefore lacked standing to represent class of persons who did suffer injury