· 5/31/1977
East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez
Citations
- 431 U.S. 395
- 97 S. Ct. 1891
- 52 L. Ed. 2d 453
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 94
- 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 397
- 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 7578
- 14 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1505
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- “A class representative must be part of the class and possess the same interest and suffer the same injury as the class members.”
- “As this Court has repeatedly held, a class representative must be part of the class.... ”
- “class representative must be part of the class and ‘possess the same interest and suffer the same injury’ as the class members”
- “[S]uits alleging racial or ethnic discrimination are often by their very nature class suits, involving classwide wrongs.”
- “a class representative must be part of the class and ‘possess the same interest and suffer the same injury’ as the class members”
- “A class representative must be part of the class and possess the same interest and suffer the same injury as the class members.”
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Judges: Stewart
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