Supreme Court of Texas

In a class action suit brought against Best Buy to recover restocking fees deducted from returns made on certain returned merchandise, a court of appeals decision affirming a trial court's class certification is reversed as the court finds individualized inquiry will predominate over common issues of proof, making the claim inappropriate for class certification.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2007
• Published 11/30/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anne M. Lockner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Ben A. Donnell, Clay E. Coalson, Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick, Corpus Christi, TX, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Austin P. Tighe Jr., Vic Feazell, James Francis Twombly, Feazell & Tighe, L.L.P., Austin, Jerry Guerra, Law Offices of Jerry Guerra, Luis A. Elizondo, David Aaron Huerta, The Huerta Law Firm, Alberto R. Huerta, Huerta & Hastings, Corpus Christi, TX, Paul M. Weiss, Tod A. Lewis, William M. Sweetman, Freed & Weiss, LLC, Chicago, L. Thomas Lakin, Bradley M. Lakin, Richard J. Burke, Jeffrey A.J. Millar, The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, IL, for Respondent.