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· 12/9/1986

ACF Industries, Inc. v. California State Board of Equalization

Citations

  • 653 F. Supp. 390
  • 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16709

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Nor ... can the difficulties inherent in proving individual damages be avoided by the use of a form of ‘fluid recovery.’ ”
  • \Nor ... can the difficulties inherent in proving individual damages be avoided by the use of a form of 'fluid recovery.' \
  • class certification to be denied upon a finding that neither the products nor the purchasers were fungible
  • cannot use fluid recovery to avoid manageability problems inherent in proving individualized damages
  • “[A] trial judge cannot, in determining the manageability of a proposed class action, look exclusively to only one aspect of the case... ; he can and must look at the case as a whole and . .. consider proof of damages as well as other issues in the case.”

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Judges: Jensen

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