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· 9/22/1970

Spears v. Robinson

Citations

  • 431 F.2d 1089
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 561

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating liberal treatment of numerosity should be accorded in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action where plaintiff sought injunctive relief for future class members
  • liberal construction given to numerosity requirement in civil rights suit seeking, inter alia, injunctive relief on behalf of future class members
  • without discussing death knell doctrine, appeal allowed from denial of class action where “prayer for an injunction constitute^] the heart of the relief,” and “practical result of the order denying the proposed class must be to deny the requested broad injunction.”
  • qualified immunity for county supervisors personally sued for prison conditions
  • members of County Board of Supervisors entitled to qualified immunity
  • construing the analogous provision in federal rule 23(c)(1)

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Judges: Mehaffy

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