Legal Opinion
Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1978No. 77-335PublishedCited by 2,382 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
Respondents are the representative plaintiffs in a class action brought under Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 23 (b)(3). They sought to require petitioners, the defendants below, to help compile a list of the names and addresses of the members of the plaintiff class from records kept by the transfer agent for one of petitioners so that the individual notice required by Rule 23 (c) (2) could be sent. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the federal discovery rules, Fed. Rules Civ. Proc. 26-37, authorize the District Court to order petitioners to assist in compiling the list and to bear…
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