Before that they had known two centuries of splendid middle-class rule, when prosperous merchants in tall black hats had sent out ships to the far ends of Asia and, with the profits, sponsored De Hooch and Vermeer.
With respect to the claims for punitive damages, we remand so that the district court may consider whether to certify the class under Rule 23(b)(2) or (b)(3).
With the full force of the North American Free Trade Agreement behind him, the goals for Fox's National Action Party included 7% annual economic growth, creating a middle class and establishing the rule of law.
We also remand with respect to the claims of putative class members who no longer worked for Wal-Mart when the complaint was filed so that the district court may consider whether to certify an additional class or classes under Rule 23(b)(3).
The conservative majority might find a way to craft a new rule limiting such class actions to more narrowly defined groups.
The Supreme Court threw out the case, saying Rule 23 governing class actions requires a case to be capable of delivering classwide damages.
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Erichson said the court will be forced to decide the circumstances under which courts can use class actions formed under a rule designed to allow large numbers of plaintiffs to obtain injunctive relief, or court-ordered changes in the way an organization operates.
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Each expression of political vice, government dependency, excess spending and debt, twisting of the rule of law, class war demagoguery, rots the foundation of society and adds a layer of risk.
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Any player could sue on his own behalf or representing a class to challenge any league rule that he believes unreasonably restricts the "market" for his services.
But after 18 years of Conservative Party rule, a working-class takeover might be considered a revolution -- something Blair has made clear he cannot promise.
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Mr Skinner said the argument was about class and that it was "one rule for those at the top and another for those at the bottom".
In Bangladesh in the late 2000s, middle-class citizens supported a return of army rule, angry about the corruption of civilian politicians and fearful of the power of these elected populists.
During Suharto's rule, discussion of religious, class and ethnic grievances was suppressed.
Berta is from a poor barrio, where support for Chavez and his socialist revolution is strong, but she says the president's often fiery rhetoric has incited class tensions and causes people to disrespect the rule of law.
In Pakistan, the middle class has increasingly called for a return of army rule after years of inept civilian government.
Mr Powers has urged lawmakers to amend the law by capping the number of students who can be admitted under the rule at half of a state university's class.
Imagine what would happen to the class-action industry if Congress expanded that simple requirement to all Rule 23 cases?
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The most competitive boats are the so-called meter classes, built according to a rule that sets the rough dimensions for vessels of each class.
Unidentified Class of Students: (In unison) Fruits and veggies rule.
Beijing sees its problem of unsafe food and other exports as part of the costs of rapid economic growth, and which plays on concerns about public health, environmental pollution and tsocial unrest---a proxy for the legitimacy of the Communist Party's rule, which is being questioned by the emerging urban middle class.
Accepting victory before a crowd of delighted supporters at his party's headquarters in Ankara, the capital, Mr Erdogan immediately pledged to keep up efforts to join the EU. He also addressed fears among millions of urban and middle-class Turks that his party is bent on unravelling decades of determinedly secular rule launched under the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk.
Only a tightly run state can push through liberal economic reforms, which in turn will create a stronger middle class, which will eventually become the foundation for a solid democracy and the rule of law.
As a rule, he writes about completely ordinary people, middle- and working-class, from drab places.
Many among the educated middle class would prefer to give the new government a chance, fearing a slide towards military rule, or worse.
Pamuk's love story is about upper-class Turks in the '70s caught between their Western lifestyles and a culture that they rule but to which they do not entirely belong.
That rule is being relaxed on wealthier families, but remains in tact for the working class who are migrating to Beijing and Shanghai in search of employment.
Should the Court rule against the plaintiffs in Oxford, businesses may gain a powerful tool for nipping class actions in the bud, before they become bet-the-company gambles that force them to settle on onerous terms.
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And the typical 5-4 split between conservative and liberal justices may not rule the day: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a former civil procedure professor, is a class-action skeptic who has previously voted to rein in cases on behalf of asbestos claimants and insurance customers.
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It is bolstered by the view that we are a country comfortable with the rule of law (with a few war on terror exceptions), an absence of rigid class distinctions and discriminations (at least lately), and an underlying tendency to do the right thing when the right thing needs doing (although, as Churchill remarked, often only after exhausting all other alternatives).
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The Buffett rule is rooted in the fairy tale that taxes on the wealthy are lower than on the middle class.
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