Knowles v. STANDARD SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOC.

ORDER

Plaintiffs-Respondents seek to dismiss appeal from the order of class certification requiring the defendant-appellant to identify class members and providing for membership notification. Appellant argues that class certification is a decision on the merits and affects substantial rights, therefore, appealable by virtue of S. C. Code § 14-3-330 (1976). We disagree.

Class certification, essentially procedural in nature, does not involve substantial or essential legal rights which require attention prior to final judgment. See Ex Parte Ferguson, 82 S. C. 563, 64 S. E. 750 (1909), wherein an…