37 Cited authorities

  1. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts

    472 U.S. 797 (1985)   Cited 1,814 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”
  2. Rosario v. Livaditis

    963 F.2d 1013 (7th Cir. 1992)   Cited 738 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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
  3. Blackie v. Barrack

    524 F.2d 891 (9th Cir. 1975)   Cited 1,147 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the need to determine individualized damages does not defeat class certification
  4. De La Fuente v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.

    713 F.2d 225 (7th Cir. 1983)   Cited 622 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that typicality may be satisfied even if there are factual distinctions between claims of named plaintiffs and other class members
  5. Holtzman v. Turza

    728 F.3d 682 (7th Cir. 2013)   Cited 137 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fax that "devotes about 75% of the space to mundane advice and the remainder to [Defendant's] name, address, logo, and specialties" was an advertisement
  6. Cypress v. Newport News Gen. Nonsectarian

    375 F.2d 648 (4th Cir. 1967)   Cited 293 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding 18 people as sufficient to meet the numerosity requirement
  7. Riordan v. Smith Barney

    113 F.R.D. 60 (N.D. Ill. 1986)   Cited 161 times
    Holding that a class of twenty-nine persons satisfied the numerosity requirement
  8. Swanson v. American Consumer Industries, Inc.

    415 F.2d 1326 (7th Cir. 1969)   Cited 257 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appraisal is not exclusive remedy in 10b-5 action, in part because recission would be unavailable
  9. Hinman v. M M Rental Center, Inc.

    545 F. Supp. 2d 802 (N.D. Ill. 2008)   Cited 85 times
    Finding commonality in TCPA case
  10. Critchfield Physical Therapy v. the Taranto Group

    293 Kan. 285 (Kan. 2011)   Cited 67 times
    Relying on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's holding that the TCPA's statutory damages scheme operates as a bounty
  11. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 72,380 times   128 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
  12. Rule 23 - Class Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 23   Cited 35,874 times   1249 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"
  13. Section 227 - Restrictions on use of telephone equipment

    47 U.S.C. § 227   Cited 5,769 times   742 Legal Analyses
    Granting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals
  14. Section 815 ILCS 505/2

    815 ILCS 505/2   Cited 1,408 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting "[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices"