Legal Opinion
78 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 1019, 74 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,664 Robert H. Tice v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 1999No. 97-1888, 97-2027PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
It is a fundamental principle of American law that every person is entitled to his or her day in court. Multiple victims of air disasters, multiple stockholders of companies that have committed securities violations, and multiple holders of lights in pensions, normally may all bring their own suits even if the defendant engaged in a single course of action that affected everyone similarly. One formal exception to this principle is the class action, recognized in federal court under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23. The vigor with which the defense bar has often opposed class…
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