Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson

1996 WL 788376 (1996)

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Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson

United States District Court for the Northern District of California
1996 WL 788376 (1996)

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Facts

The Coalition for Economic Equity (coalition) (plaintiffs) filed a bilateral class-action lawsuit to challenge the validity of a California constitutional provision—Proposition 209—that they alleged was an unlawful attempt to eliminate affirmative-action plans. The coalition brought a motion to certify a defendant class comprised of various state and local government entities and officials that would be bound by Proposition 209 and to appoint the governor, the attorney general, and the president of the University of California as defendant class representatives. A dispute arose concerning the requirement in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)(4) that requires that class representatives must fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class, because one group of defendants agreed with the coalition that Proposition 209 was unconstitutional and another group, to which the proposed class representatives belonged, disagreed and believed that the proposition was constitutional. None of the parties disputed that the proposed class representatives were eminently qualified or that they had the resources to fully litigate the case.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Henderson, C.J.)

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