Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson

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• holding that class certification should not be granted where there is not an ascertainable and identifiable class
• holding that federal question jurisdiction does not exist when the claim is “wholly insubstantial, legally speaking nonexistent”
• holding that named plaintiffs “cannot represent a class of whom they are not a part”
• noting that named plaintiffs cannot represent a class of which they are not a part
• stating that in class actions standing requires membership in the proposed class
• petitioners “lack standing to enjoin criminal prosecutions under Mississippi’s breach-of-peace statutes, since they do not allege that they have been prosecuted or threatened with prosecution under them”

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