Stevens v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[a] class consisting of as few as 25 persons has been found to be sufficiently numerous to maintain a class action”
• discussing class action certification in the case of an allegedly fraudulent scheme involving “printed misrepresentations in brochures, prospectuses, and other forms of advertisement”
• reversing trial court’s order certifying matter for class action: “[i]f fraud based upon oral misrepresentations, as opposed to written misrepresentations, is the gravamen of the complaint, the matter is not appropriate for class action treatment”
• attorney fee award reversed where based solely and expressly upon attorney’s violation of disciplinary rules
• “The important aspects of adequate representation are whether the plaintiffs’ counsel is experienced and competent and whether plaintiffs’ interests are antagonistic to those of the class.”
• “The important aspects of adequate representation are whether the plaintiffs’ counsel is experienced and competent and whether plaintiffs’ interests are antagonistic to those of the class.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).