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Supreme Court· 1/16/1978

John v. Mississippi

Citations

  • 434 U.S. 1032

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding a district court abused its discretion by only reviewing admissible evidence in its class certification analysis
  • “Inadmissibility alone is not a proper basis to reject evidence submitted in support of class certification.”
  • “A representative plaintiff may sue on behalf of a class when the 4 plaintiff affirmatively demonstrates the proposed class meets the four threshold requirements of 5 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a): numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of 6 representation.”
  • deferring admissibility in tension with 2003 amendment

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