Legal Opinion
Edmondson v. Simon
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 25, 1980No. 76 C 4591PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLAUM, District Judge:
This matter comes before the court on plaintiff’s motion to declare a class, pursuant to rule 23(b)(2), Fed.R.Civ.P. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion is granted.
The facts of this case have been set forth in detail in the court’s Memorandum Opinion dated January 28, 1978 and therefore will not be repeated here. Plaintiff seeks only to maintain Count I of the Complaint as a class action.
Before determining whether this action may be maintained as a class action under rule 23(b)(2), the prerequisites of rule 23(a) must be met. Rule 23(a)…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- 12 Fair empl.prac.cas. 451, 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,741 John Senter, Cross-Appellee v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Green v. Wolf Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Pedro De La Fuente v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Marcelino Vasquez and Albert Solis, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Albert Kornberg and Laura Kornberg v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Riordan v. BarneyDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1986
- Payne v. Travenol Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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