Jones v. Diamond

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a class may be certified under Federal Rule 23(b)(2) when money damages are requested, so long as the predominant purpose of the suit is for injunctive relief
• explaining that interlocutory appeal of a denial of class certification is permissible only when it effectively denies the injunction
• \Smaller classes are less objectionable where ... the plaintiff is seeking injunctive relief on behalf of future class members as well as past and present members.\
• rev’d on other grounds, Gardner v. Westinghouse Broad. Co., 437 U.S. 478, 479 n.2 (1978)
• “So long as the predominant purpose of the suit is for injunctive relief, the fact that a claim for damages is also included does not vitiate the applicability of 23(b)(2).”
• “So long as the predominant purpose of the suit is for injunctive relief, the fact that a claim for damages is also included does not vitiate the applicability of 23(b)(2).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-16· cited 891×
• Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 264×
• Valley Drug Co. v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-11-14· cited 261×
• Thurston v. Dekle
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-05-20· cited 130×
• Eugene Stewart v. William Winter, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-05· cited 129×
• Waters v. Heublein, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-11-12· cited 81×
• Wiggins v. Enserch Exploration, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-12-11· cited 29×
• Nicholson v. Williams
  E.D. New York· 2001-08-16· cited 21×
• Thomas v. Younglove
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-10-06· cited 17×
• Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-12-11· cited 10×
• Murray v. Local 2620, District Council 57, American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees
  N.D. California· 2000-04-17· cited 5×
• Sandwich Chef of TX v. Reliance Natl
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-01-21· cited 1×
• Cimino v. Raymark Industries
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-09-08
• Harvey Spclt Supply v. Anson Flowline Equip
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-01-10
• David Rutstein v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-05-11
• Heritage Hlth. Ser. v. Beacon Mut. Ins.
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-01-19
• Hanoian v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of R.I., 96-2579 (2002)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2002-09-18

Cites

62 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-20· cited 10,863×
• Gerstein v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 4,350×
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 3,301×
• Wood v. Strickland
  Supreme Court· 1975-04-14· cited 2,195×
• Sosna v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-14· cited 2,006×
• Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases)
  Fourth Circuit· 1971-07-01· cited 577×
• Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-12-16· cited 530×
• Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-05-22· cited 503×
• Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-10· cited 462×
• Green v. Wolf Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1968-12-09· cited 440×
• Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis Rosenstiel
  Third Circuit· 1970-06-08· cited 418×
• Esplin v. Hirschi
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-09-30· cited 393×
• Lee v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-11· cited 380×
• Board of School Comm'rs of Indianapolis v. Jacobs
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 368×
• Switzerland Cheese Assn., Inc. v. E. Horne's Market, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1966-11-07· cited 354×
• Norwalk Core v. Norwalk Redevelopment Agency
  Second Circuit· 1968-06-07· cited 332×
• Bernard v. Beneficial Finance Co.
  Supreme Court· 1969-03-24· cited 325×
• Brisco HUFF, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. N. D. CASS COMPANY OF ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-04· cited 242×
• Jones v. Diamond
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-09-26· cited 186×