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· 2/13/2001

Bertulli v. Independent Ass'n of Continental Pilots

Citations

  • 242 F.3d 290
  • 48 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1022
  • 166 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2520
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 2097
  • 2001 WL 121814

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the district court did not “abuse its discretion in finding the representatives to be adequate____ Further, since this is a 23(b)(3) class, dissatisfied class members have the right to opt out of the class”
  • Rule 23(b)(3)’s superiority requirement was met by class of pilots bringing action under Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA
  • “Standing is an inherent prerequisite to the class certification inquiry.”
  • “Standing is an inherent prerequisite to the class certification inquiry.”
  • “In order to demonstrate that the district court’s finding of superiority was an abuse of discretion, defendants must not merely show that individual actions are feasible; they must show that individual class members have an interest sufficient to make individual actions desirable.”
  • “A class should be certified on a claim-by-claim basis.”

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Judges: Higginbotham, Wiener, Dennis

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