Matz v. Household International Tax Reduction Investment Plan

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Class Action
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 12-8010
Decision Date: 
July 19, 2012
Federal District: 
Petition for Leave to Appeal, N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Petition denied
Ct. of Appeal found that it had jurisdiction to consider plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal from Dist. Ct. order that partially decertified class by eliminating up to 71 percent of potential members within class, after holding that said order was appealable under Rule 23(f). However, Ct. ultimately denied petition for appeal after finding that plaintiff’s challenge did not satisfy criteria for Rule 23(f) appeal.