Martinez-Mendoza v. Champion International Corp.

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• holding that \the drafting of plant specifications is unquestionably an agricultural decision.\
• noting that the trial court has “an independent obligation” to decide the appropriateness of a class action when neither party moves for a ruling on the issue (citation omitted)
• hand-planting of seedlings was not \indispensable\ work because forests naturally regenerate and because most of defendant's seedlings were machine-planted
• “[E]ven after finding against the plaintiffs on the merits, the court should have determined whether the class action could be maintained, and whether the plaintiffs could represent that class.”
• “Under Rule 23 (c) (1), the trial court has an independent obligation to decide whether an action was properly brought as a class action, even where . . . neither party moves for a ruling on class certification.”
• “[Rule 23(c)(1)] requires that the district court determine ‘as soon as practicable’ after the lawsuit is filed whether the 6 These requirements are often referred to as “numerosity,” “commonality,” “typicality,” and “adequacy.” class action is to be so maintained.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).