WOLFE
v.
MURPHY ET AL.

U.S. | 1940-11-12
No. 463
311 U.S. 700 Supreme Court of the United States (1940) Caution
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  • …the District Court, is unwarranted. Language to the effect that a small number of claimants cannot adequately represent an entire class has frequently been cited, see, e. g., Pelelas v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., 113 F. 2d 629 (7th Cir.), cert. denied 311 U.S. 700, 61 S.Ct. 138, 85 L.Ed. 454 (1940), but. we fail to understand the utility of this approach. If class suits could only be maintained in instances where all or a majority of the class appeared, the usefulness of the procedure would be severely curtai…
  • …Marine Ins. Co. v. United States ex rel. Dakota Elec. Supply Co., supra; United States ex rel. Carroll v. Beck, 151 F. 2d 964, 166 A.L.R. 637 (6th Cir. 1945); R. P. Farnsworth & Co. v. Electrical Supply Co., 112 F. 2d 150 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 311 U.S. 700, 61 S.Ct. 139, 85 L.Ed. 454 (1940); see also Columbia Digger Co. v. Sparks, 227 F. 780 (9th Cir. 1915) (not concerned with thé Miller Act). In St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., supra, the facts were similar to those developed here. The Court of Appe…
  • Ruthie M. Shelton v. Pargo, Inc., 582 F.2d 1298 (4th Cir. 1978)
    …l Practice & Procedure, § 1797, p. 235 (1972); 3 Newberg, Class Actions, § 4930, p. 405 (1977); Hutchinson v. Fidelity Inv. Ass’n (4th Cir. 1939) 106 F. 2d 431, 436; Pelelas v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (7th Cir. 1940) 113 F. 2d 629, 633, cert. denied 311 U.S. 700, 61 S.Ct. 138, 85 L.Ed. 454; cf., however, Brookhaven Housing Coalition v. Sampson (E.D.N.Y.1974) 65 F.R.D. 24, 25. . The appellees seem to assume that, in certification of a racial discrimination case, numerosity is the only issue. As we indicate…

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