Mayo v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, for purposes of a class certification motion, the court must accept as true all factual allegations in the complaint and may draw reasonable inferences therefrom
• holding that the court should not consider the merits when deciding whether to certify the class
• finding predominance when plaintiffs’ “allegations turn on [defendant’s] use of identical forms, common sales techniques, and routinized procedures”
• common questions predominate where plaintiffs’ allegations hinge on the use of standardized forms and routine procedures
• finding availability of statutory attorney fees weighed against superiority
• finding availability of statutory attorney fees weighed against superiority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hamilton v. Ohio Savings Bank
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-06-10· cited 249×
• Cope v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-07-29· cited 97×
• Hamilton v. Ohio Sav. Bank
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-06-10· cited 78×
• Bentley v. Honeywell International Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2004-09-23· cited 47×
• McGee v. East Ohio Gas Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 2001-05-23· cited 35×
• Miller v. Farmer Bros. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-02-24· cited 33×
• Miller v. Farmer Bros.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-02-24· cited 27×
• Fox v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 1995-05-31· cited 24×
• BP America Production Co. v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2011-10-31· cited 23×
• Cope v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-07-29· cited 22×
• In Re Woodward & Lothrop Holdings, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1997-02-11· cited 21×
• Bovee v. Coopers & Lybrand
  S.D. Ohio· 2003-07-30· cited 19×
• Ross v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 2009-05-21· cited 19×
• Kutschbach v. Davies
  S.D. Ohio· 1995-03-31· cited 16×
• Ritt v. Billy Blanks Enterprises
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2007-04-12· cited 15×
• Edwards v. McCormick
  S.D. Ohio· 2000-10-31· cited 15×
• Reeb v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation
  S.D. Ohio· 2001-10-25· cited 14×
• Putnam v. Davies
  S.D. Ohio· 1996-09-26· cited 14×
• Beckmann v. CBS, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 2000-03-31· cited 13×
• In re Cincinnati Radiation Litigation
  S.D. Ohio· 1999-05-13· cited 12×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-14· cited 4,068×
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 3,301×
• Blackie v. Barrack
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-09-25· cited 871×
• 12 Fair empl.prac.cas. 451, 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,741 John Senter, Cross-Appellee v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1976-03-01· cited 628×
• Hankerson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 371×
• Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 233×
• Day v. NLO, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 1992-06-22· cited 62×
• Bowen v. General Motors Corp. AC Spark Plug Division
  N.D. Ohio· 1981-12-23· cited 19×
• Nelson v. United Credit Plan, Inc.
  E.D. Louisiana· 1978-01-05· cited 14×