· 1/25/2002
In Re Bemis Company, Inc.
Citations
- 279 F.3d 419
- 2002 WL 115551
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 rejection of the position taken in the answer that the case could not proceed as a class action is the “functional equivalent of denying a motion to certify a case as a class action”
- pointing out that merely injunctive relief and back pay and not “common-law-type damages” were available when the Supreme Court decided General Telephone
- “[I]t is merely a detail that [the EEOC] pays over any monetary relief obtained to the victims of the defendant’s violation rather than pocketing the money itself and putting them to the bother of suing separately.”
- “The EEOC’s primary role is that of a law enforcement agency.”
- “The EEOC’s primary role is that of a law enforcement agency and it is merely a detail that it pays over any monetary relief obtained to the victims of the defendant’s violation rather than pocketing the money itself and putting them to the bother of suing separately.”
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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Rovner
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