Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lombard v. Marcera
99 S. Ct. 2833
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-06-04
- Topic
- general
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 | 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
- Cited by
- 34 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.