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· 12/31/1954

Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America v. Town of Milford

Citations

  • 218 F.2d 602

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that individual issues within state subclasses would render class action impracticable, even if litigated state‐by‐ state
  • holding that a nationwide class action would be unmanageable due to the variance of law in multiple jurisdictions
  • noting that doctrine should not be ignored just to facilitate class treatment
  • applying consumer fraud law of state where consumer is located rather than states with more favorable consumer law
  • noting also that plaintiffs must have believed Michigan and Tennessee to be “in the favorable minority” of jurisdictions with respect to the manifestation requirement
  • noting that doctrine should not be ignored just to facilitate class treatment

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