What is the preclusive effect of a judgment in a class action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Coe v. James Hardie Bldg. Prods., Inc., H040160 (Cal. App. 2015):
"[T]he preclusive effect of judgments depends not on whether the action is brought on behalf of the general public, but on whether those sought to be bound by a judgment are named parties, are in privity with named parties, or are members of a class certified under class action procedures. [Citations.]" (Arias v. Superior Court (2009) 46 Cal.4th 969, 984, fn. 6.)
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