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Weinstat v. Dentsply Int'l Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' class action lawsuit against a manufacturer of certain device used by dentists under the unfair competition law (UCL) and for breach of...

United Steel, Paper & Forestry Int'l. Union v. ConocoPhillips Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking compensation for defendant's alleged denial of employees' meal breaks, denial of class certification is reversed where the...

Robinson-Smith v. Gov't. Employees Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action by insurance adjusters seeking overtime benefits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), summary judgment for plaintiffs is...

Sanchez v. Aerovias de Mexico, S.A.

Class Actions, Contracts, Tax Law, Transportation
In a class action challenging an airline's collection of a tourism tax for the Mexican government from which plaintiffs were exempt, summary judgment...

In re: Baycol Prods. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In an appeal from the district court's order enjoining plaintiffs in a products liability class action from relitigating in state court the...

Cellphone Termination Fee Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against Sprint alleging that cell phone handsets sold by the defendant-company secretly had been locked with programming...

Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration in a class action against Sprint Nextel Corp. for allegedly charging improper...

Vallies v. Sky Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against a bank claiming violation of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements involving loans to finance...

Birdsong v. Apple, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action claiming that Apple's iPod was defective because it posed an unreasonable risk of noise-induced hearing loss to its users, dismissal of...

Fisher v. Kadant, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' action against defendants alleging they manufactured and sold defective decking and railing products, judgment of the district court...