· 9/27/2013
Muhammed Abdullah v. U.S. Security Associates, Inc.
Citations
- 731 F.3d 952
- 86 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 919
- 21 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 501
- 2013 WL 5383225
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19793
How courts have described this case
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- observing that commonality. “does not.. .mean that every question of law or fact must be common to the class; all that Rule 23(a)(2) requires is a single significant question of law or fact” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
- finding 18 commonality when there was a “significant question of law” faced by the class on the 19 legality of defendant’s policy
- finding 18 commonality when there was a “significant question of law” faced by the class on the 19 legality of defendant’s policy
- commonality can be satisfied by even 24 a “single significant question of law or fact” (cleaned up)
- commonality can be satisfied by even 21 a “single significant question of law or fact” (cleaned up)
- “[A]n error of law is a per se abuse of discrection.”
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Judges: Paez, Watford, Kobayashi
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