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Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,265 Fred Zeidman and Steven Youngelson v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 27, 1981No. 78-2722PublishedCited by 324 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is brought by the two named plaintiffs in a suit filed as a class action but never certified as such. The court declined to certify the class because of the absence of sufficient evidence to meet the numerosity requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)(1). The plaintiffs submitted additional evidence on numerosity shortly after the court’s refusal to certify the class, but on the same day as the plaintiffs submitted this evidence the defendants tendered to the plaintiffs the full amount of their personal claims. The district court did not consider…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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  2. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. United States Parole Commission v. GeraghtySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by324 opinions

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  4. Richard Weiss, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Regal Collections Lancer Investments, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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