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· 10/14/1980

Unidentified Remains of a Vessel v. Platoro Ltd.

Citations

  • 449 U.S. 901
  • 101 S. Ct. 272

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that it is within the court’s discretion to redefine the scope of a class
  • holding the class “too imprecise and speculative to be certified.”
  • noting that the court could limit or redefine the class
  • seeking lost wages and punitive damages, in addition to equitable relief, for the putative class
  • ‘While the class of deterred nonapplicants is too speculative to be certified as a class, it is certainly within this court’s discretion to limit or redefine the scope of the class.”
  • entire available black labor force in the City of Chicago

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