covered class action
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 547 U.S. 71 - Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit · 2006Most cited · 1,012 citing opinions
— "(i) any single lawsuit in which— "(I) damages are sought on behalf of more than 50 persons or prospective class members, and questions of law or fact common to those persons or members of the prospective class, without reference to issues of individualized reliance on an alleged misstatement or omission, predominate over any questions affecting only individual persons or members; or "(II) one or more named parties seek to recover damages on a representa
How often courts cite the cases defining “covered class action”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “covered class action” — 1,091 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 2006–2018
a 2 CYAN, INC. v. BEAVER COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND Syllabus class action in which "damages are sought on behalf of more than 50 persons." §77p(f)(2).