Gorenz v. State of Illinois Department of Agriculture

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “proper approach” to the one-way intervention rule is to permit “a defendant [to] waive the protection afforded by an early ruling on class certification”
• explaining that the rules deliberately avoid a mechanical approach
• “It is reasonable to consider a Rule 56 motion first when early resolution of a motion for summary judgment seems likely to protect both the parties and the court from needless and costly further litigation.”
• “It is reasonable to consider a Rule 56 motion first when early resolution of a motion for summary judgment seems likely to protect both the parties and the court from needless and costly further litigation”
• “Under the proper circumstances—where it is more practicable to do so and where the parties will not suffer significant prejudice—the district court has discretion to 25 rule on a motion for summary judgment before it decides the certification issue.”
• “Under the proper circumstances—where it is more practicable to do so and where the parties will not suffer significant prejudice—the district court has discretion to rule on a motion for summary judgment before it decides the certification issue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).