Sentence examples for as a class because from inspiring English sources

The last group, Issacharoff said, is almost impossible to certify as a class because injuries (and thus damages) are not uniform; everyone has a different level of pain and suffering, making it hard to display uniformity in a class.

Also, even though abolishing the filibuster would benefit Democrats (liberals) more than Republicans (conservatives) because Democrats want to do big complicated things and Republicans don't (plus their ideology is confirmed when government fails), the filibuster benefits senators as a class because it increases their individual power.

The theory is that heavier vehicles are safer than lighter ones for their own occupants in some kinds of accidents -- though S.U.V.'s and pickup trucks are not safer than cars, as a class, because of their greater tendency to roll over.

In a recent brief, Fox argued that the interns should not be certified as a class because they "participated in a wide variety of activities in exchange for academic credit" and "performed an array of duties tailored to each intern's unique interests".

The lawsuit claims that department officials forced Choi to teach a statistics class because, as it quotes one department head as saying, "Asians, especially Koreans, are very good" at math.

"Which is why the best way to proceed with this case is as a class action, because it affects hundreds of thousands of people in the city".

Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of Federal District Court in Chicago said in a ruling Feb. 17 that the lawsuit could continue as a class action because as many as 50,000 United employees have a common claim that the committee acted against their interests by buying UAL stock while its financial situation deteriorated.

She explored why the practice persisted for so long: it was perpetuated by women, because they believed it was a way to gain an advantage in a male-controlled marriage market; and it functioned as a class signifier, because peasant women working in the fields could not afford to cripple themselves.

The judge, Kurt Engelhardt of Federal District Court, ruled that lawsuits on behalf of hundreds of plaintiffs against the federal government and several trailer manufacturers could not be handled as a class action because each person's claim was unique and must be examined individually.

The Court held that a suit which involved individual claims of $30.22 against AT&T Mobility could not proceed as a class action because the claimants had each agreed to arbitrate any disputes with the company.

Still, he decided to admit a spring graduate class because, as he noted in Inside Higher Ed, his program's enrollment is already 90% foreign.