Walter T. Flournoy, et al., Class Agent/Petitioner, v. Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Agency.
7 Cited authorities
Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor
521 U.S. 591 (1997) Cited 7,190 times 69 Legal AnalysesHolding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
Hanlon v. Chrysler Corp.
150 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 1998) Cited 3,151 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that " common nucleus of facts and potential legal remedies dominate[d]" over "idiosyncratic differences between state consumer protection laws" where a nationwide class of minivan buyers’ claims turned on "questions of [the manufacturer’s] prior knowledge of the [vehicle’s] deficiency, the design defect, and a damages remedy"
In re Gen. Motors Corp. Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank
55 F.3d 768 (3d Cir. 1995) Cited 1,170 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that nothing in Rule 23 "can be read to authorize separate, liberalized criteria for settlement classes"
Thomas v. Albright
139 F.3d 227 (D.C. Cir. 1998) Cited 96 timesUpholding a settlement in which claims for compensatory damages were included in a class certified under Rule 23(b)
Jones v. Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc.
741 F.2d 322 (10th Cir. 1984) Cited 131 timesLaying out the four-factor test
Bailey v. Great Lakes Canning, Inc.
908 F.2d 38 (6th Cir. 1990) Cited 39 timesNo. 88-3711. Submitted August 11, 1989. Decided and Filed July 19, 1990. Kathryn A. Bailey, Twinsburg, Ohio, pro se. Barbara Fakhir, Twinsburg, Ohio, pro se. Steiffudden Rasheed Fakhir, Twinsburg, Ohio, pro se. Judith P. Vance, Twinsburg, Ohio, pro se. Kenneth Montlack, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, for Cecilia Curry, Melvenia Rogers. James D. Kurek, Edward C. Kaminski, Buckingham, Doolittle Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District