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· 10/22/1987

Bartholomew v. Loreno

Citations

  • 49 Pa. D. & C.3d 70
  • 1987 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 56

How courts have described this case

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  • finding commonality satisfied for a class of inmates alleging overcrowding, where that class excluded inmates in the capital punishment housing unit (which did not have the same overcrowding issue)
  • finding typicality requirement satisfied where plaintiffs and the putative class members were subjected to the “same allegedly unlawful policies and conditions” and their claims were “all based on the same legal theories, the same arguments of unconstitutionality”

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Judges: Acker

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