· 4/21/1980
Parkins v. Illinois
Citations
- 446 U.S. 901
- 100 S. Ct. 1825
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a statute of limitations defense goes to the merits and hence is not an appropriate objection in the context of class certification
- holding that a statute of limitations defense goes to the merits and hence is not an appropriate objection in the context of class certification
- concluding that, under a choice-of-law analysis, the law of the forum governs the common law claims of the entire class
- question of defendant’s liability is common to the entire class and predominates over individual questions of reliance
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