{"id":7187,"date":"2017-11-07T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7187"},"modified":"2017-11-07T20:12:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T20:12:05","slug":"7187-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7187","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Class Action – a class action in which the court does not allow class members to opt out"},"content":{"rendered":"

mandatory class action<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/strong>(1959) A class action in which the court does not allow class members to opt out.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Class actions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 (b)(l) and (b)(2) are sometimes certiiied as mandatory class actions, whereas class actions under subsection (b)(3) are not.”\u00a0<\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes<\/em>, 131 S.Ct. 2541, 2558\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(2011)<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A small group of women who alleged discrimination on the basis of gender filed a suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (D).\u00a0 The action was sought to be changed to a class action, with the certified class represented by the original small group of women who sued the company. This class was the largest ever class.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(1) The Federal Rules 23(a)(2) lays down a \u201ccommonality\u201d criterion for class certification, under which more than one million women with a common employer will have to prove they were all subject to the same discriminatory employment policy, to be certified as a class.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(2) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23 (b)(2) cannot be used to certify a claim for monetary relief unless this is incidental to the declaratory or injunctive relief sought.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]:\u00a0 Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: CaseBriefs, “Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes”:\u00a0\u00a0www.casebriefs.com\/blog\/law\/civil-procedure\/civil-procedure-keyed-to-yeazell\/personal-jurisdiction\/wal-mart-stores-inc-v-dukes-2\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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