Legal Opinion
Rice v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1996No. Nos. 93-6940, 94-6482PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
In this proposed class action, the named plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. The district court, which had not yet determined whether to certify the proposed class, summarily approved the notice and dismissed the action without prejudice. The defendant, Ford Motor Company, filed a “Motion for Review of Dismissal of the Complaint,” in which it argued that the court was required under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e) to conduct an inquiry, before approving the dismissal, as to the effect of the dismissal on absent members of the proposed class. The district court denied…
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