all - Opinion Summaries

Big Sky Excavating, Inc. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an class action challenging legislation that provided for the deregulation of telecommunication services as being unconstitutional special...

Price v. Philip Morris, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a class action against a tobacco manufacturer, the action was dismissed based on a finding that the defendant-manufacturer engaged in advertising...

Harzewski v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit by participants and beneficiaries in an employee pension plan alleging that the plan's fiduciaries acted imprudently in failing to...

McAdams v. Monier, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In case involving proposed class action under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) based on alleged failure to...

Pastor v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In a class action involving tens of thousands of small claims against an insurance company, denial of class certification is affirmed where the...

Spry v. Thompson

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In the context of the question of what federal Medicaid restrictions apply to a state program providing medical benefits to persons who are not...

Oscar Private Equity Invs. v. Allegiance Telecom, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
Given the lethal force of certifying a class of purchasers of securities enabled by the fraud-on-the-market doctrine, loss causation must be...

Greenlee County, Arizona v. US

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In the context of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, which was enacted to compensate local governments for the loss of tax revenues resulting from the...

Fryar v. Curtis

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action brought against correctional officers alleging violation of inmates' state and federal constitutional rights and common law assault...

Odom v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action alleging that defendants Microsoft and Best Buy violated RICO via policies and practices related to MSN-subscription Trial...