Complainant, et al., Complainant, et al., Complainant, v. Ashton B. Carter, Secretary, Department of Defense (Department of Defense Education Activity), Agency.
0120103592 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 9, 2015)
Complainant, et al., Complainant, et al., Complainant, v. Ashton B. Carter, Secretary, Department of Defense (Department of Defense Education Activity), Agency.
457 U.S. 147 (1982) Cited 5,779 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
Holding that "[t]he controversy involved in this case is undoubtedly still live" in a putative securities class action because "[t]he classes which the plaintiffs seek to represent contain at least some number of persons who sold securities during the periods at issue"
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 Cited 5,026 times 20 Legal Analyses
Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"