Legal Opinion
Tilley v. TJX Companies, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 3, 2003No. 00-12623-NGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: DEFENDANT CLASS CERTIFICATION
GERTNER, District Judge.
In this action for copyright infringement, Plaintiff Gerardine E. Tilley (“Tilley”) moves to certify a defendant class and to amend her Complaint accordingly. The simple facts of this case make it extraordinarily susceptible to a defendant class action. Ms. Tilley alleges that a single wholesaler infringed her copyright. Her allegations, if proven, extend to confer infringement liability on over 550 individual retailers. Many other courts have enforced Rule 23’s clear design to permit certification of defendant…
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