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· 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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