472 U.S. 797 (1985) Cited 1,793 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”
527 U.S. 815 (1999) Cited 935 times 18 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a fairness hearing under Rule 23(e) is no substitute for rigorous adherence to those provisions of the Rule designed to protect absentees"
Holding that the district court "reasonably presumed that those potential class members still employer by [the defendant employer] might be unwilling to sue individually or join a suit for fear of retaliation at their jobs" such that class certification was proper
Finding plaintiffs failed to state § 504 claim against the Secretary of the State of Texas when they failed to argue or present evidence that secretary received federal financial assistance; evidence that state received financial assistance was not sufficient to establish jurisdiction over secretary
Holding that "[t]he controversy involved in this case is undoubtedly still live" in a putative securities class action because "[t]he classes which the plaintiffs seek to represent contain at least some number of persons who sold securities during the periods at issue"
Finding class representative inadequate when she had already agreed to abide by Texas statute of limitations even though this might cause other class members who might live in other jurisdictions with longer statutes of limitations to lose some of their claims
Holding that “the purchase of a company's stock after disclosure of alleged fraud [does not] necessarily present a unique defense against that purchaser such that Rule 23 typicality is categorically precluded”
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,183 times 1237 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"
28 U.S.C. § 1404 Cited 28,558 times 186 Legal Analyses
Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR