PENN

v.

SLAYTON, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Honorable Ronald v. Dellums, 566 F.2d 167 (D.C. Cir. 1977)
  …l since the only issue before an appellate court is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in granting class status. See Bermudez v. United States Department of Agriculture, 160 U.S. [*189] App.D.C. 150, 157, 490 F. 2d 718, 725, cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1104, 94 S.Ct. 737, 38 L.Ed.2d 559 (1973); accord, Paton v. LaPrade, 524 F. 2d 862, 875 (3d Cir. 1975); Gold Strike Stamp Co. v. Christensen, 436 F. 2d 791, 792-793 (10th Cir. 1970). Therefore, in the absence of a showing that certification affected the…
• Wolf v. Frank, 555 F.2d 1213 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …eperd, supra. [*1215] The pertinent facts of the case presently before us were well developed in our prior decision, Wolf v. Frank, 5 Cir. 1973, 477 F. 2d 467, reh. den. 478 F. 2d 1403, cert. den. 414 U.S. 975, 94 S.Ct. 287, 38 L.Ed.2d 218, reh den. 414 U.S. 1104, 94 S.Ct. 739, 38 L.Ed.2d 560. In that earlier appeal, concerning a judgment for the plaintiffs in the sum of $557,613.56, we instructed the District Court to determine the amount of attorneys’ fees and expert witness fees reasonably incurred by pl…
• Fink v. Nat'l Sav. & Tr. Co., 772 F.2d 951 (D.C. Cir. 1985)
  …mining whether a suit should proceed as a class action. Our review is confined to inquiring whether the District Court abused that grant of discretion. Bermudez v. United States Department of Agriculture, 490 F. 2d 718, 725 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1104, 94 S.Ct. 737, 38 L.Ed.2d 559 (1973). While there is no explicit requirement in this Circuit that a District Court grant a hearing or provide findings on the class issue, our reviewing task here, however limited, is rendered impossible in their ab…