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Cordes & Co. Fin. Servs. v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In antitrust action alleging price fixing in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, denial of plaintiffs' motion for class certification is...

Dale v. Comcast Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In class action alleging violations of state law based on the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, order dismissing action and compelling...

Stonebridge Life Ins. Co. v. Pitts

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In a class-action suit for "money had and received" to recover premiums plaintiffs were charged pursuant to an allegedly misleading telemarketing...

De Leon-Granados v. Eller & Sons Trees

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging violation of migrant workers' rights under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act and the Fair Labor Standards...

Hydrick v. Hunter

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a class of civilly committed persons and those awaiting commitment at a state hospital pursuant to California's Sexually...

Coppola v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In class-action lawsuit for violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as...

Diaz-Ramos v. Hyundai Motor Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit over an automobile recall, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where no private right of action exists for an individual who...

Gentry v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Circuit City Stores, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of employees whose statutory rights to overtime pay pursuant to Labor Code sections 500 et seq. and 11941 allegedly have been violated,...

Powers v. Hamilton County Pub. Defender Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 class action, alleging that plaintiffs' constitutional rights were violated by the Public Defender Commission's policy or...

Grider v. Keystone Health Plan Cent., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by plaintiffs representing a class of approximately 6,000 doctors in Central Pennsylvania against defendants alleging their claims...