Supreme Court· 6/4/1979
Kentucky v. Miller
Citations
- 442 U.S. 915
- 61 L. Ed. 2d 281
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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Cited by
51 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondFifth Circuit· 1981-01-29· cited 381×
- Elsie Simer v. Richard J. Rios, Acting Director of Community Services Administration Community Services AdministrationSeventh Circuit· 1981-10-07· cited 307×
- Marisol A. ex rel. Forbes v. GiulianiSecond Circuit· 1997-09-26· cited 306×
- Kershner v. MazurkiewiczThird Circuit· 1982-02-01· cited 237×
- Burton M. Abrams and Marguerite M. Abrams v. Interco IncorporatedSecond Circuit· 1983-09-28· cited 188×
- Brown v. KellySecond Circuit· 2010-06-24· cited 172×
- Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Town of Hyde ParkSecond Circuit· 1995-01-31· cited 161×
- Charles E. Wagner, for Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Reese H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce CommissionD.C. Circuit· 1987-12-24· cited 104×
- Thorne v. JonesFifth Circuit· 1985-07-22· cited 97×
- In re Arthur Treacher's Franchisee LitigationE.D. Pennsylvania· 1981-10-15· cited 91×
- Horace D. McCowan Jr. And Sarah E. McCowan v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Second Circuit· 1990-07-10· cited 66×
- Akerman v. Oryx Communications, Inc.S.D. New York· 1984-09-18· cited 56×
- The Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, Inc. v. The Port Authority of New York and New JerseySecond Circuit· 1983-01-12· cited 44×
- Boudin v. ThomasSecond Circuit· 1984-04-17· cited 44×
- Clara Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & TrustFifth Circuit· 1986-08-27· cited 38×
- Calkins v. BlumN.D. New York· 1981-04-15· cited 37×
- Monaco v. StoneE.D. New York· 1999-03-12· cited 33×
- Ram v. BlumS.D. New York· 1982-02-09· cited 27×
- Doss v. LongN.D. Georgia· 1981-12-17· cited 25×
- Marisol v. GiulianiSecond Circuit· 1997-09-26· cited 24×
Cites
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