521 U.S. 591 (1997) Cited 7,048 times 69 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
442 U.S. 682 (1979) Cited 2,019 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)"
414 U.S. 538 (1974) Cited 2,141 times 162 Legal Analyses
Holding the commencement of a class action "suspends the applicable statute of limitations as to all asserted members of the class who would have been parties had the suit been permitted to continue as a class action"
Holding that decision to grant or reject objector's motion for discovery regarding fairness of settlement depended on "whether or not the District Court had before it sufficient facts intelligently to approve the settlement offer"
Explaining that law of the case doctrine precludes district court from revisiting issues decided on appeal "either expressly or by necessary implication"
Holding that the abuse of discretion standard "is not reserved only for purely economic [class action] litigation" and thus "will govern our review of the district court's approval of the [desegregation] settlement proposal."
Recognizing that typicality is generally satisfied "as long as plaintiffs assert . . . that defendants committed the same wrongful acts in the same manner against all members of class"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 Cited 50,129 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."