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Class Certification Appeals Must Be Timely
Loaded on March 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2000, page 20
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that parties seeking to immediately appeal decisions to grant or deny class certification must do so within the ten days prescribed by Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) 23(f).
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Searches,
Strip Searches,
Arrestee Searches,
Class Certification,
Appeals.
Location:
Illinois.
Women prisoners in the Cook county (Chicago) jail in Illinois filed suit ...
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