Legal Opinion
Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2010No. 09-8042PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Cunningham Charter Corporation sued Learjet, Inc. in an Illinois state court asserting claims for breach of warranty and products liability on behalf of itself and all other buyers of Learjets who had received the same warranty from the manufacturer that Cunningham had received. The defendant removed the case to federal district court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d), and the plaintiff then moved to certify two classes. The district judge denied the motion on the ground that neither proposed class satisfied the criteria for certification…
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