Doss v. Long

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

Trial by battle, the ordeal, and compurgation are no longer trusted as competent fact-finding techniques in trial courts. The plaintiffs in this ease challenge the fee system of Georgia’s justice of the peace courts and certain municipal courts as another impediment to trustworthy fact-finding.

Before the court are the plaintiffs’ motion to certify both a class of plaintiffs and a class of defendants, and defendant Sarge Mashburn’s motion to dismiss. The former is granted, the latter denied.

I

PLAINTIFF CLASS CERTIFICATION

Plaintiffs seek to certify a class…