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· 6/14/1982

Alabama v. Wright

Citations

  • 457 U.S. 1114
  • 102 S. Ct. 2920

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a proposed class was unmanageably broad
  • holding class action not appropriate because individual causation and damages issues predominated in action against cruise line by passengers seeking damages for personal injuries caused by exposure to oil spill during cruise
  • the fact that each person’s susceptibility to injury from oil vapors would vary with factors of, inter alia, age and sex and that certain ailments of the class members could have been caused by factors other than such exposure precluded class certification

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