Alabama v. Blue Bird Body Co.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
573 F.2d 309 (1978)
- Written by Mary Phelan D'Isa, JD
Facts
The State of Alabama (Alabama) (plaintiff) sought class-action certification on behalf of a nationwide class that included all governmental entities in the United States that purchased school-bus bodies in its suit against Blue Bird Body Company and other manufacturers (Blue Bird) (defendants) for alleged price-fixing and federal antitrust-law violations. The district court certified the nationwide class action after finding that the alleged antitrust-law violation supplied the required question common to all class members. Blue Bird appealed and argued that Alabama failed to establish that the alleged common question—a nationwide conspiracy that relied on different price-fixing conspiracies in 50 different states—predominated over all other issues that affected only individual class members.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Fay, J.)
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