In re Potash Antitrust Litigation

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to make an appearance in a class action lawsuit, Rule 23(c)(2)(c) requires that a party must have decided not to opt out of the class
• if absent class member discovery were allowed, counsel “could be overwhelmed with discovery and information requests by innumerable potential class members whose ultimate allegiance may not be disclosed until an election is made to participate within the class or to be excluded”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vollmer v. Publishers Clearing House and Campus Subscriptions
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-04-27· cited 56×
• In Re Chicago Flood Litigation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-30· cited 23×
• United Wisconsin Services, Inc. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2001-09-04· cited 5×
• In Re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation
  District of Columbia· 2013-11-21· cited 2×
• Hawk, Frederick L. v. Publishers Clearing
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-04-27· cited 1×
• Class v. Standard Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-30· cited 1×
• Lee v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
  S.D. Florida· 2015-04-28

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• James Julian, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
  D. Delaware· 1982-01-20· cited 93×
• Palumbo v. Tele-Communications, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 1994-08-26· cited 13×
• Ramsey v. Arata
  N.D. Texas· 1975-12-09· cited 12×
• Kleiner v. First National Bank
  N.D. Georgia· 1983-11-08· cited 11×