Comcast Corp. v. Behrend

Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 5, 2012 Decided March 27, 2013
Full case name	Comcast Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Caroline Behrend, et al.
Docket no.	11-864
Citations	569 U.S. 27 ( more ) 133 S. Ct. 1426; 185 L. Ed. 2d 515; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2544, 81 U.S.L.W. 4217
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Decision against defendant, 264 F.R.D. 150 (E.D. Pa. 2010); affirmed, 655 F.3d 182 (3d Cir. 2011); rehearing en banc denied, unreported; certiorari granted, 567 U.S. 933(2012).
Holding
Respondents' class action was improperly certified under Rule 23(b)(3).
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas  · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer  · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor  · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Dissent	Ginsburg and Breyer, joined by Sotomayor, Kagan
Laws applied
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3)

Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. 27 (2013), is a United States Supreme Court case dealing with class certification under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ^[1] The case restricted class certifications. The votes were split upon typical ideological lines, but, in an unusual move, the dissent was jointly written by two justices.

References

1. Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. 27 (2013).

External links

• Text of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. 27(2013) is available from: CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived)