Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Kentucky v. Miller
Ky. v. Miller, 442 U.S. 915 (1979)
- 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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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 76 opinions
Sup. Ct. Ky. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Kentucky v. Whorton, 441 U. S. 786 (1979).