United States Seventh Circuit

A case involving different conveyances by and to different parties made at different times over a period of more than a century in 49 different jurisdictions which have different laws is not a case in which class action treatment is obviously appropriate, so the court must engage in Rule 23 analysis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2001
• Published 08/14/2001

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gordon R. Broom (submitted), Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, IL, J. Emmett Logan, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, MO, for Petitioner., Daniel J. Millea, Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Gette, Minneapolis, MN, for John H. Isaacs., Mark C. Goldenberg, Hopkins & Goldenberg, Edwardsville, IL, for Kenneth Poor.