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Sixth Circuit Rejects “Juridical Link” Doctrine to Extend Class Standing to Defendant Who Did Not Injure the Named Plaintiff, Splitting with Seventh Circuit

In Fox v. Saginaw Cnty., Mich., No. 11-1265 (6th Cir. Apr. 28, 2023), the Sixth Circuit holds that even in a putative Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 class action, a representative plaintiff only has standing to sue the entities that injured them. It rejects the “juridical link” doctrine adopted by the Seventh Circuit in PaytonContinue reading “Sixth Circuit Rejects “Juridical Link” Doctrine to Extend Class Standing to Defendant Who Did Not Injure the Named Plaintiff, Splitting with Seventh Circuit”