· 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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