Christian v. ICG Telecom Canada, Inc.

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Justice.

Appellants appeal from the trial court’s interlocutory denial of certification of a class and subclass of minority shareholders on derivative claims. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(3) (Vernon Supp. 1999). We consider whether class certification is necessary to assert shareholder derivative claims. Concluding it is not, we affirm the order denying class certification.

Background

We follow the usual standard of review of orders concerning class certification. See Sun Coast Resources, Inc. v. Cooper, 967 S.W.2d 525, 529 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998,…