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Ernest Brown v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 350 F.3d 338 (2003)

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Ernest Brown v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 350 F.3d 338 (2003)
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Ernest Brown v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 350 F.3d 338 (2003)
Effective Date
2003-11-19

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The First Circuit distinguished Navarro-Ayala from Spangler, finding it significant that Navarro-Ayala expressly sued on behalf of a group of persons similarly situated and that the 1977 stipulation described the class members and provided for class-wide relief. Id. at 1335. That court also found it relevant that in Spangler the class certification issue was raised for the first time on appeal, whereas in Navarro-Ayala defendants had contested the class action status of the litigation before the district court. Id.