Blue Grass Steel, Inc. v. Miller Building Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding attorney to be adequate for class representation where he had represented plaintiff classes on several occasions, shown an ability to advance the costs of the litigation on behalf of his client, and had shown adequate legal abilities
• “Nor is it necessary that the plaintiffs identify the exact number of class members involved; courts have often used common sense assumptions to support a finding of numerosity.”
• typicality shown where plaintiff and class members received same debt collection letter
• named plaintiffs claim is typical if it arises from “the same event or practice or course of conduct that gives rise to the claims of other class members and [is] based on the same legal theory”
• “named plaintiffs claim is typical if it arises from the ‘same event or practice or course of conduct that gives rise to the claims of other class members and is based on the same legal theory.’ ”
• “Because the court retains plenary power to modify the class definition, or rescind the class altogether, at any time prior to judgment, the parties are free to move for modifications to the class definition . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).