Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 3, 1988, 87-2077 (Lawrence C. Bieneman, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. City of Chicago)

PER CURIAM.

Lawrence Bieneman filed this case on behalf of a class of other people similarly affected by noise from O’Hare Airport. Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(c)(1) requires a district court to decide “[a]s soon as practicable after the commencement of [the] action” whether it may be maintained on behalf of

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a class. Some three years went by, and the district judge was ready to rule on the merits.