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Supreme Court· 6/12/2017

Microsoft Corp. v. Baker

Citations

  • 582 U.S. 23
  • 198 L. Ed. 2d 132
  • 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3721
  • 137 S. Ct. 1702
  • 85 U.S.L.W. 4330
  • 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 631
  • 97 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1529
  • 2017 WL 2507341

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  • holding that plaintiffs in putative class actions cannot transform a tentative interlocutory order into a final appealable judgment simply by dismissing their claims with prejudice
  • holding that the plaintiffs in a putative class action cannot voluntarily dismiss their claims to manufacture finality and bypass the procedures set out in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f
  • holding that despite a district judge certifying an order under § 1292(b
  • recognizing that finality under Section 1291 is to be given a practical construction
  • stating that “order striking class allegations is ‘functionally equivalent’ ” to appealable order denying class certification and thus is also appealable (alteration omitted)
  • holding that plaintiffs who were refused class certification could not obtain review of that interlocutory order by voluntarily dismissing their individual claims with prejudice while reserving a right to revive them if the appeal of the class-certification denial was successful

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Judges: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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