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Busby v. JRHBW Realty, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of certification to a class of plaintiffs seeking damages arising out of defendant's alleged violation of Section 8(b) of the Real Estate...

New England Health Care Employees Pension Fund v. Woodruff

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Securities Law
In an appeal brought by the former CEO and CFO of Qwest, approval of a class action settlement in a securities fraud case, which did not include the...

Stoneridge Inv. Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a class action brought by investors alleging losses after purchasing common stock, the investors sought to impose liability on entities who, acting...

Hall v. Time Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In suit alleging claim for class action relief under the California unfair competition law (UCL), demurrer and judgment on the pleadings for...

Ridgely v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action against FEMA brought by individuals who received rental assistance payments from the federal government after Hurricanes Katrina and...

Mills v. Foremost Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In case involving dispute over mobile home insurance policy arising from claims submitted after Hurricane Frances, dismissal of plaintiffs' class...

Nelson v. Hodowal

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit under ERISA alleging that a pension plan's fiduciaries failed to anticipate a decline in the value of the plan's stock holdings, judgment...

Alaska Elec. Pension Fund v. Brown

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an appeal involving whether an out-of-state litigant should be awarded fees in connection with the settlement of a Delaware corporate class action...

Beattie v. CenturyTel, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action alleging that defendant-telecommunications service provider violated federal and state law by using deceptive billing practices to...

Wisniewski v. Rodale, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law
Section 3009 of the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. section 3009 (2000), which regulates the shipment of unordered merchandise, does not provide...