Legal Opinion
Appleton Electric Company v. Advance-United Expressways
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 1974No. 73-1665PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal considers the manageability of a class action with a multi-million member plaintiff class and a thousand-plus defendant class. The district court defined a class of plaintiffs (perhaps several million shippers) and a class of defendants (perhaps 1,400 motor carriers) who shipped goods in interstate commerce between May 20, 1968 through August 29, 1969 within a region covered by tariff rates involved in Interstate Commerce Commission Docket No. 34971 (Increased Rates and Charges from, to and between Middlewest Territory).
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Zahn v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- In Re Nissan Motor Corporation Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Alliance to End Repression v. James M. Rochford, Etc., American Civil Liberties Union v. Griffin B. BellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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- Curley v. Brignoli, Curley & Roberts AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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