United States Eleventh Circuit

In a class action suit against a telephone carrier, arising out of a 900-number telemarketing program, the district court abused its discretion in holding that the questions of law or fact common to the members of the proposed class predominate over any questions affecting only individual members and that, therefore, the class would be manageable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2002
• Published 02/13/2002

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Wyck A. Knox, Jr., Ted Hamby Clarkson, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Augusta, GA, Norman L. Underwood, William N. Withrow, Jr., C. LeeAnn McCurry, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant., John C. Bell, Jr., Bell & James, P.C., Augusta, GA, Michael C. Spencer, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.