Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick v. J.C. Bradford & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1987No. Nos. 86-8624 to 86-8626PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs.in these companion cases filed certified interlocutory appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) challenging the district court’s denial of class certification under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court denied class certification in each case on the alternative grounds that the named plaintiffs were not adequate class representatives as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a)(4) and that individual questions of fact predominated over common questions of law and fact in contravention of Fed.R. Civ.P. 23(b)(3). Concluding that the district…
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