Legal Opinion
Cox v. Shell Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 31, 2005No. W2004-01777-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which DAVID R. FARMER, J. and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J. joined.
In a class-action case, in which a settlement had been agreed to, certain members of the class were allowed to opt out of the class action based on the representations of their purported attorneys that their clients had been notified of the settlement and the proposed opt out and that they approved of same. Subsequently, litigation was commenced by the former members of the class in another jurisdiction, and the original defendants were compelled to defend the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gilligan v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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