Legal Opinion
Alabama v. Blue Bird Body Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1978No. 76-3529PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
We are presented today with an interlocutory appeal from a district court order certifying this antitrust case as a class action on behalf of two plaintiff classes. The issue is whether the district court erred when it certified both a “national class” and a “state class” under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3). For a number of reasons, we feel that the granting of class action status as to the plaintiff national class was inappropriate, and, as to that class, we reverse the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTS
This is a private antitrust class action…
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