· 7/26/1961
Melo v. Bailey
Citations
- 196 F. Supp. 95
- 1961 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2713
How courts have described this case
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- “Finding that the [p]laintiffs lack standing to obtain prospective injunctive relief, the Court declines to certify [a] Rule 23(b)(2) class[.]”
- finding that typicality was satisfied because all class members were subject to blanket searches prior to presentment, even though the “circumstances of the strip searches may have varied by some degree”
- “As my analysis considers the gross price it will not be affected by NS’ change to their fuel surcharge program” by means of rebased rates.
- \It is axiomatic that for a class action to be certified a 'class' must exist.\
- “It is axiomatic that for a class action to be certified a ‘class’ must exist.”
- “[T]he mere existence of individual damages issues in a Rule 23(b)(3) class does not cause individual issues to predominate over common issues on liability or causation.”
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Judges: Wood
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