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Grider v. Keystone Health Plan Cent., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a class action brought by a doctor and medical practice against an HMO alleging underpayment for services provided to policyholders, sanctions...

Lester v. Novastar Fin., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
District court's order dismissing plaintiff's class-action securities complaint under the heightened pleading requirements of the Private Securities...

Monroe v. City of Charlottesville

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-city's police performed racially discriminatory searches, district court's denial of class...

Muro v. Target Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In plaintiff's action against Target alleging that it had violated sections 127 and 132 of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), district court's grant of...

Yokoyama v. Midland Nat'l. Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Insurance Law
In a class action claiming that an insurance company marketed annuities through deceptive practices in violation of Hawaii's Deceptive Practices Act,...

Montgomery v. Wyeth

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that Plaintiff suffered injuries by using Defendant's weight loss drug, the dismissal of the action is affirmed where: 1) the...

Suever v. Connell

Asset Forfeiture, Class Actions, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by a putative class of persons whose financial assets escheated to the California Controller's Office pursuant to California's Unclaimed...

Ali v. U.S.A. Cab. Ltd.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage and hour action against a taxicab company claiming that the company's leases wrongfully classified lessees as independent contractors rather...

Rodriguez v. Hayes

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In an action seeking a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of plaintiff and a class of aliens detained for more than six months without a bond hearing...

Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case under the Rehabilitation Act, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is vacated and remanded...