Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

County of Los Angeles v. Jordan

103 S. Ct. 35

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-10-04
Topic
general

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

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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.