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Supreme Court· 6/4/1979

Kentucky v. Miller

Citations

  • 442 U.S. 915
  • 61 L. Ed. 2d 281

How courts have described this case

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  • approving a statewide plaintiff class of pretrial detainees, to be represented by two inmates of the Monroe County Jail, and a statewide defendant class of county sheriffs, to be represented by the sheriff of Monroe County
  • defendant class of sheriffs of 43 counties is sufficiently large to meet nu-merosity requirement for class actions
  • denial of class certification should not ordinarily be made without an evidentiary hearing
  • denial of class certification should not ordinarily be made without an evidentiary hearing
  • district court directed to certify defendant class of 42 sheriffs
  • certifying a defendant class of 42 members

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