Federal judges can certify broad classes and consolidate related suits into one court

Evidence

2 A panel of federal judges authorized the formation of a class, which would include those allegedly at risk because of Agent Orange, and then consolidated several cases for hearing by a federal district court in New York. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2154

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete illustration of class certification and consolidation, the procedural devices the Agent Orange litigation turned on.