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The Tentative Settlement Class And Class Action Suits Under Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act, Michigan Law Review
The Tentative Settlement Class And Class Action Suits Under Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note will examine the potential utility of a tentative settlement class (TSC) in suits initiated under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The advantages and disadvantages of the TSC will be discussed in the context of analyzing whether the use of a TSC is valid under rules 23(a) and 23(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The discussion of the merits of the TSC in the title VII context will illustrate the problems inherent in the use of a tentative class for encouraging settlements of any class action.
Limiting The Plaintiff Class: Rule 10b-5 And The Federal Securities Code, Michigan Law Review
Limiting The Plaintiff Class: Rule 10b-5 And The Federal Securities Code, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The Penn Central litigation, involving a large, publicly held corporation, illustrates the need to examine the reach of the federal antifraud provisions. This Note discusses the problem of defining the plaintiff class when the number of past and present shareholders who are potential plaintiffs is very great. Attention will center on the methods courts have used to limit the class of investors compensable under rule 10b-5. Also, the effect that enactment of present drafts of the American Law lnstitute's proposed Federal Securities Code would have on the composition of the plaintiff class in analogous actions will be discussed. Finally, the …
Dental Litigation, William O. Morris
Perlman V. Feldmann: A Case Study In Contemporary Corporate Legal History, Jan G. Deutsch
Perlman V. Feldmann: A Case Study In Contemporary Corporate Legal History, Jan G. Deutsch
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The author gives the following introduction to this article: “When I was a law student, taking a course in introductory corporate law, what was heard around the halls was that most of corporate law would be learned if one understood Perlman v. Feldmann. I agree with that statement, and I have agreed more strongly each year I myself have taught introductory corporate law. Indeed, I now believe one would also learn a good deal about the significance of-the corporation in American life during the past two decades. Unfortunately, however, it seems to me-on the basis of having read everything …
Instructing The Deadlocked Jury: Some Practical Considerations, 8 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 169 (1974), Thomas H. Senneff
Instructing The Deadlocked Jury: Some Practical Considerations, 8 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 169 (1974), Thomas H. Senneff
UIC Law Review
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