Delvin C. Payton v. County of Kane

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that courts should evaluate class-action standing “with reference to the class as a whole” only “once a class is properly certified”
• concluding courts should first address the question of class certification and then address standing (continued...
• explaining that “where a class has been properly certified, even the mootness of the named plaintiff’s individual claim does not render the class action moot”
• stating that “a determination of the propriety of class certification should not turn on likelihood of success on the merits”
• observing that “a determination on the propriety of class certification should not turn on [the] likelihood of success on the merits”
• explaining that only \ once a class is properly certified \ should \standing requirements ... be assessed with reference to the class as a whole\ as opposed to \the individual named plaintiffs\ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).