Legal Opinion
Sikes v. Teleline, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2002No. 99-8007PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (“AT&T”) appeals the district court’s certification, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3), of a class of plaintiffs who present claims arising from a “900-number” telemarketing program. We conclude that the district court abused its discretion in holding that the questions of law or fact common to the members of the proposed class predominate over any questions affecting only individual members and that, therefore, the class would be manageable. 1 We therefore reverse the certification of the class and remand for further…
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