564 U.S. 338 (2011) Cited 6,635 times 505 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”
457 U.S. 800 (1982) Cited 31,491 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"
442 U.S. 682 (1979) Cited 1,978 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that claimants could bring social security class action "at least so long as the membership of the class is limited to those who meet the requirements of § 205(g)"
Holding that federal courts may not enjoin parties it lacks personal jurisdiction over, nor attempt to determine the rights of persons not before the court
138 S. Ct. 313 (2017) Cited 14 times 3 Legal Analyses
No. 16–1221. 10-10-2017 CONAGRA BRANDS, INC., fka ConAgra Foods, Inc., petitioner, v. Robert BRISENO, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.
Holding that district court abused its discretion by granting Rule 4 extension, when attorney had mistakenly believed that under Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(e) the Rule 4 period began three days after the judgment was mailed, because the rules were "nonambiguous"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 Cited 48,352 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that "if the last day [of a period] is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 34,923 times 1234 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"