Legal Opinion
Alliance to End Repression v. James M. Rochford, Etc., American Civil Liberties Union v. Griffin B. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 22, 1977No. 77-1680 and 77-1679PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The only issue raised in this interlocutory appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in certifying the plaintiffs’ suits as class actions under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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This is a consolidated appeal of two class certification decisions by the same district court in separate, but quite similar, law suits. In both cases the plaintiffs are various individuals and organizations that claim that they, and others like them, have been the subjects of an institutionalized course and pattern of unconstitutional conduct 1 by the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Allee v. MedranoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Robert J. Ihrke and Mary E. Ihrke v. Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by156 opinions
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- Alejandro Rodriguez v. James HayesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Vince Mullins v. Direct Digital, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Crystal Byrd v. Aaron's IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Norman Shelton v. Bryan BledsoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
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