Legal Opinion
Crow v. Citicorp Acceptance Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided April 7, 1987No. 200PA86PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Justice.
The plaintiffs appealed to this Court contending that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming an order of the trial court granting partial judgment for the defendants on the pleadings, dismissing the claims on behalf of unnamed class members, and striking all references in the complaint to a class. We agree and reverse the Court of Appeals.
The present action was initiated as a class action on 26 April 1985. Simultaneously with the filing of their complaint, the plaintiffs filed a “Motion for an Action Maintainable as a Class Action.” They filed the complaint on behalf of…
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- Ragsdale v. KennedySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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