472 U.S. 797 (1985) Cited 1,786 times 19 Legal Analyses
Holding that “the Due Process Clause of course requires that the named plaintiff at all times adequately represent the interests of the absent class members”
Holding that a plaintiff's claim is typical if it arises from the same event or practice giving rise to the claims of other class members and is based on the same legal theory as the class members
Holding that claims under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, with a maximum recovery of $1,000 plus attorneys' fees and expenses, were "acutely susceptible to mootness"
Holding that the relation back principle applies to ensure that defendants cannot unilaterally “pick off” collective action representatives and noting that the fundamental differences between “opt out” Rule 23 class actions and “opt in” FLSA collective actions suggests that the “rules and policies underlying” one “might not apply” when construing the other
Holding that a rejected offer of judgment for full amount of a putative class representative's individual claim under the FLSA made prior to the filing of a motion for class certification does not moot the class action complaint
Finding a class properly certified under the heightened standard of Rule 23(b) when common questions included whether New York City had a policy of enforcing an unconstitutional statute even though other issues would require individualized inquiries
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 34,902 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"