Legal Opinion

Summons v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 24, 1991No. 90-230Published

1Opinion of the Court

813 S.W.2d 240 (1991)

306 Ark. 116

Charles and Wilma SUMMONS, Individually and as next friends of Kellen and Tanya Summons, Appellants,

v.

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD and Union Carbide Corporation.

No. 90-230.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 24, 1991.

Jay Youngdahl, Little Rock, for appellants.

Frederick S. Ursery, Gordon S. Rather, Little Rock, for appellees.

NEWBERN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal of a circuit court's refusal to certify a class action. The appellants are Charles and Wilma Summons who brought the action on behalf of themselves and their children, Kellen and Tanya Summons. They…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. RoperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Robert L. Roper v. Consurve, Inc., D/B/A Bankamericard Center, and Deposit Guaranty National Bank, Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. Strauss v. Long Island Sports, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  4. Summons v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  5. Werfel v. KramarskyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1974

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