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· 7/16/1963

Walker v. Ladd

Citations

  • 219 F. Supp. 404
  • 138 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 386
  • 1963 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10016

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding a plaintiff with claims for statutory damages to be an adequate representative for a class action brought under the FDCPA
  • acknowledging similarity of injury caused by the defendant’s letter sufficient to satisfy commonality and typicality requirements even if “the extent of the monetary damages suffered by individual class members varies”
  • refusing to deny class certification in an FDCPA case when there were “substantial questions” regarding the defendant’s true net worth and when the defendant’s CEO “had ‘no idea’ ” about the status of a related entity disclosed on the defendant’s balance sheet
  • using net worth to deny class certification

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Judges: Jackson

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