· 10/17/2001
Federal Case
Citations
- 280 F.3d 124
- 57 Fed. R. Serv. 583
- 50 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 993
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 22480
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 class certification decision is not an “occasion for examination of the merits of the case.”
- holding that speculative conflict should be disregarded at the class certification stage
- holding that the court “must ensure that the basis of the expert opinion is not so flawed that it would be inadmissible as a matter of law,” but should not consider “whether the evidence will ultimately be persuasive.”
- recognizing a district court's ability to modify a class certification order or decertify a class if it becomes necessary to do so
- holding that speculative conflict should be disregarded at the class certification stage
- noting that class action management \problems pale in comparison to the burden on the courts that would result from trying the cases individually\
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