Datta v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that 28 U.S.C. § 1391 “gives plaintiffs a right to proceed in their chosen forum”
• explaining that 28 U.S.C. § 1407(b) “gives the Panel exclusive power to select the judge”
• holding that Rule 23(b)(3) does not require “commonality of damages”
• explaining that “WalMart has nothing to do with commonality of damages” and that “[i]t dealt instead with the need for conduct common to members of the class, and it concerned Rule 23(a)(2) rather than Rule 23(b)(3)”
• naming tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, and poor installation as some of the factors that may cause the tiles to fail
• discussing how variability in injury may be considered at the damages stage, rather than as a liability question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).