Abuse of Discretion

By: Derek Hawkins//October 17, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Theresa Riffey, et al., v. Bruce V. Rauner, et al.

Case No.: 16-3487

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Abuse of Discretion

The appellants in this case are home health care assistants who wanted the district court to certify a class of their fellow assistants for purposes of securing a class-wide refund of the fair-share fees they paid to a union for collective bargaining representation. For a number of reasons, the district court found that the class should not be certified. It awarded injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiffs, as well as individual damages, and this appeal followed. Because we find no abuse of discretion in the court’s refusal to certify the class, we affirm

Affirmed

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