representative suit / class binding
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From 204 U.S. 415 - Hugh Wallace v. Mrs Ella Adams · 1907Most cited · 138 citing opinions
it is undoubtedly within the power of a court of equity to name as defendants a few individuals who are in fact the representatives of a large class having a common interest or a common right,—a class too large to be all conveniently brought into court,—and make the decree effective not merely upon those individuals, but also upon the class represented by them.