Gavalik v. Continental Can Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1987-02-19

Cited by 236 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, JR., Circuit Judge. This litigation originated in two separate class actions, Gavalik, et al. v. Continental Can Co., C.A. No. 81-1519, filed September 18,1981, and Jakub, et al. v. Continental Can Co., C.A. No. 82-1995, filed September 27, 1982, alleging that the institution and implementation of a “liability avoidance” scheme by Continental Can (…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.