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Joel P., Complainants, v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Eastern Area), Agency.

0120120181 (E.E.O.C. Oct. 13, 2017)
Joel P., Complainants, v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Eastern Area), Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon

    457 U.S. 147 (1982)   Cited 5,739 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that named plaintiff must prove “much more than the validity of his own claim”; the individual plaintiff must show that “the individual's claim and the class claims will share common questions of law or fact and that the individual's claim will be typical of the class claims,” explicitly referencing the “commonality” and “typicality” requirements of Rule 23

  2. Gen. Tel. Co. v. EEOC

    446 U.S. 318 (1980)   Cited 1,397 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the EEOC's enforcement suits should not be considered representative actions subject to Rule 23"

  3. Harriss v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

    74 F.R.D. 24 (N.D. Cal. 1977)   Cited 80 times
    Setting forth the requirements of commonality and typicality to maintain a class action claim involving unlawful employment practices

  4. Rule 23 - Class Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 23   Cited 35,598 times   1241 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"