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Hertz Corp. v. Friend

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage and hour action, the court of appeals' affirmance of the district court's order remanding the case to state court is vacated and remanded...

Gintis v. Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-property owners' action against the owners and operators of a fuel barge that discharged a substantial amount of oil into a...

Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Mktg. on Hold Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal of a trial court's class certification order, where the class representative obtained assignments of claims that the...

Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, the district court's denial of class certification is affirmed where, following review of the alleged...

Foster v. Booker

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by inmates against the Michigan Parole Board and the Director of the Michigan of...

McDaniel v. Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from an attorney's fee award in a class action challenging defendant-county's strip search policy, the award is affirmed where...

Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action lawsuit claiming that defendant-company sold dryers that were misrepresented as containing stainless steel drums in...

Jaimez v. Daiohs USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendant employer seeking recovery of unpaid wages, denial of plaintiff's motion for class certification and subsequent...

Ward v. Dixie Nat'l Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a class action lawsuit against multiple insurance companies alleging that defendants violated a contractual promise under insurance policies to pay...

DG v. DeVaughn

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Juvenile Law
In a class action against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services claiming that the department's agency-wide foster care policies and practices...