Legal Opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1997No. 96-270PublishedCited by 4,963 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This ease concerns the legitimacy under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of a class-action certification sought to achieve global settlement of current and future asbestos-related claims. The class proposed for certification potentially encompasses hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of individuals tied together by this commonality: Each was, or some day may be, adversely affected by past exposure to asbestos products manufactured by one or more of 20 companies. Those companies, defendants in the lower courts, are petitioners here.
The United States District Court for the…
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