Givens v. City of Chicago

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• holding that class certification issues can be “logically antecedent” to Article III concerns, and are properly treated before Article III standing
• holding that “a class including holders of present and future claims ... requires division into homogenous subclasses”
• holding that an intra-class conflict “require[d] division into homogeneous subclasses ... with separate representation to eliminate conflicting interests”
• concluding that effective reform requires federal legislation creating a national asbestos dispute-resolution scheme
• holding that class certification could be addressed before the issue of Article III standing if class certification issues are “logically antecedent” to Article III concerns
• holding that certification of proposed global asbestos class settlement was impermissible under Rule 23 and that it did not comply with Amchem

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