Legal Opinion
Weight Watchers of Philadelphia, Inc. v. Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 20, 1972No. Docket 71-2158PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:
Defendant moves to dismiss, for want of appellate jurisdiction, an appeal by plaintiff from an order permitting the defendant to communicate, on terms stipulated by the district judge, with potential members of a class on whose behalf plaintiff seeks to maintain a class action. This is the latest but, we are sure, not the last case in which we must determine to what extent orders long antedating the final disposition of such suits are appealable.
The complaint, in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleged that defendant is engaged in the business of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. First Nat. Bank of Pauls ValleySupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Donlon Industries, Inc. v. Michael Forte and Gerald Ehrlich, and Tessel, Paturick & Ostrau, Inc., and Lionel WeiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Fielding v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by151 opinions
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- Michael F. Armstrong v. Clovis McAlpinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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