Legal Opinion
Fleet v. United States Consumer Council, Inc. (In Re Fleet)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 1987No. 19-00045PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.
A. INTRODUCTION
Presently before us in this long-outstanding proceeding is a Motion for Class Certification by the Plaintiffs. We reject the Defendants’ principal argument that the Motion should be denied because it was not filed until the case was over four years old, holding that any unfair prejudice arising from the Plaintiffs’ delay is, for the most part, cured by our further holding that the default entered against the Defendants does not extend in its effect to unnamed class members. We also reject the Defendants’ arguments that the elements of…
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Clark v. McDonald's Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2003
- Fleet v. United States Consumer Council, Inc. (In Re Fleet)District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
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- Mosley v. Meritor Mortgage Corp.-East (In Re Mosley)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commercial Banking Corp. v. Miller (In Re Miller)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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