Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit July 19, 2000, Nos. 99-3476 to 99-3480 (Beckert v. TPLC Holdings, Inc.)

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction and Summary

The traditional norm of our legal system is the adversary trial by an individual plaintiff claiming redress for a particular wrong. The question before us is how far the courts should go in allowing class action, mass tort cases to deviate from that tradition.