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· 4/21/1980

Parkins v. Illinois

Citations

  • 446 U.S. 901
  • 100 S. Ct. 1825

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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