Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lombard v. Marcera
442 U.S. 915
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-06-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- approving a statewide plaintiff class of pretrial detainees, to be represented by two inmates of the Monroe County Jail, and a statewide defendant class of county sheriffs, to be represented by the sheriff of Monroe County
- defendant class of sheriffs of 43 counties is sufficiently large to meet nu-merosity requirement for class actions
- denial of class certification should not ordinarily be made without an evidentiary hearing
- district court directed to certify defendant class of 42 sheriffs
- certifying a defendant class of 42 members
- defendant class of 42 public officials certified
- defendant class of sheriffs juridically linked
- same for notice to defendant class
Citator
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- Cited by
- 64 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U. S. 520 (1979).
Mr. Justice Marshall dissents.