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· 1/20/2004

Cesar v. Rubie's Costume Co.

Citations

  • 219 F.R.D. 257
  • 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 735
  • 2004 WL 102431

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[A] court must ensure that class certification in a mass tort case really does foster [justice and judicial efficiency].”
  • “[A] court must ensure that class certification in a mass tort case really does foster [justice and judicial efficiency].”
  • no predominance where causation and affirmative defenses would “dominate most every class member’s case”
  • “difficulties in managing a class action in which the court would need to address individual issues over and over again would far outweigh any marginal increase in judicial efficiency that might result from class certification.”

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Judges: Garaufis

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