Legal Opinion
Elton Gates and Luster Nelson, Individually and on Behalf of a Class v. B. Towery
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 2005No. 05-1079PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In this interlocutory appeal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f), the City of Chicago contends that the district judge should not have certified a class. (We refer to all defendants as Chicago; the other defendants are public employees represented by the City.) Certification is improper, Chicago maintains, because the case is moot; according to the City, a tender of full compensation to both representative plaintiffs before a class had been certified ended the controversy. Although expiration of a representative’s personal claims after certification does not halt the…
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