Class Actions
15 groups with Wisconsin opinions1922–2026
- Damages; Medical monitoring; Class41 opinions · 1982–2022Distinguishing factual differences in damage causation · Sufficiency of evidence for alternate liability theories · Standard of representation for effective defense
- Payment; Act27 opinions · 1979–2021Encouraging medical payment without admitting liability · Determining if a risa constitutes a negotiable instrument · Determining voluntary payment under threat of service loss
- Class; Action; Commonality26 opinions · 1922–2025Compliance with joinder statutes not required for class action · Historical origins of class action doctrine necessity and convenience · Limiting remedies to established factual injury in class actions
- Class; Adequacy; Representative19 opinions · 1984–2026Taking opposing party's propositions as confessed · Determining class status with conflicting interests · Determining class representative typicality and adequacy
- Class certification; Certification rule; Predominance18 opinions · 1994–2026Limiting merits inquiries during class certification under rule 23 · Requirements for class certification under rule 23 · Commission's shifting rationale on class certification
- Notice; Certification16 opinions · 1986–2025Denial of certification does not imply approval or agreement · Analyzing discovery compliance and objections to admissions · Preliminary hearing screening device protecting defendants
- Settlement; Fairness; Class15 opinions · 1981–2018Determining the standard for reasonable certainty in profit awards · Shifting attorney fees and litigation costs in class actions · Excluding loss of consortium from allocation fund
- Rule; Class; Typicality12 opinions · 1996–2025Determining predominance under rule 23(b)(3) · Defining rule 11 standards and court discretion · Determining adequate representative under rule 23.1
- Settlement; Class; Approval11 opinions · 1982–2023Flexibility of market serving buyer and seller interests · Promoting settlement through working model · Preventing avoidance of merits through technicalities
- Royalty; Gas; Market11 opinions · 1983–2002Invalidity of administrative code provisions regarding gas lighting · Implying promise of safe delivery in fuel oil contract · Lessee's duty to protect against drainage by other operations
- Settlement; Compromise; Object9 opinions · 1985–2022Assessing susceptibility to judgment after full awareness · Reviewing legal standards for fundamental fairness and preclusion · Determining the extent of necessary time spent in litigation
- Certification; Class; Action8 opinions · 1986–2025Defining the common interest test for class certification · Judge's necessary inquiries before class certification · District court discretion in class certification inquiries
- Compensation; Incentive; Labor7 opinions · 1998–2011Defining just compensation as market value of interest taken
- Distinguishing tactical retreat from surrender of the sword · Impairment of defense and deterrent value over time
- Reviewing class certification and FLSA collective action compatibility
Counts are Wisconsin courts’ opinions citing pages in each group (an opinion citing two issues counts in both).
How this is built: each issue is a set of opinion pages that later courts cite for the same proposition, grouped from what the citing courts wrote. Names are machine-written from those citations; read the cases before relying on them. Search case law