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Civil Procedure

Joinder and class actions

3 case briefs on joinder and class actions in Civil Procedure, each with the citation in the book’s form. All Civil Procedure briefs

  • Hansberry v. Lee

    Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940).

    Did the Supreme Court of Illinois deny petitioners the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment when it held them bound, as members of a class, by a judgment in an earlier suit to which they were not parties?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Temple v. Synthes Corp.

    Temple v. Synthes Corp., 498 U.S. 5 (1990) (per curiam).

    Are potential joint tortfeasors necessary parties under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19, so that a federal court may order the plaintiff to join them as defendants?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011).

    Did the plaintiffs show a common question under Rule 23(a)(2) among about 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees who challenged local managers' discretionary pay and promotion decisions?

    Supreme Court of the United States