Legal Opinion
Veronica Caridad, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 30, 1999No. 1998PublishedCited by 328 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal primarily concerns the commonality and typicality requirements of Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The specific issue is whether these requirements can be m,et in a Title VII action where the members of the proposed class challenge the subjective components of company-wide policies and procedures governing employee discipline and promotion. This issue arises on an appeal by several of the named plaintiffs in a proposed class action against Metro-North Commuter Railroad (“Metro-North”) from the May 15, 1998, judgment of the District…
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