Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
County of Los Angeles v. Jordan
459 U.S. 810
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-10-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- district court abused its discretion by denying class certification of present and future employees subject to discrimination
- class sizes of 39, 64, and 71 are sufficient to satisfy the numerosity requix-ement
- “[T]he absolute number of 21 class members is not the sole determining factor.”
- certifying class encompassing different job categories
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 59 opinions
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon, 457 U. S. 147 (1982).
Justice White dissents.