Legal Opinion
Freedman v. Amalgamated Sugar Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1976No. MDL No. 201A, Civ. A. Nos. 75-514, 75-3301, 75-2521, 75-2519, 75-2520, 75-2621 and 75-2245PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION CONCERNING THE PROPRIETY OF CLASS ACTIONS
CAHN, District Judge.
Before the court are the motions of various plaintiffs pursuant to Rule 23(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an order determining that certain actions involved in this litigation and commenced on behalf of similarly situated persons and entities should proceed as class actions and, furthermore, that the classes plaintiffs seek to represent should be defined as follows:
I. Class One — consisting of all persons or private entities doing business as industrial sugar users 1 in 25 Eastern States 2 and in the…
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