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Gavin v. AT&T Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, M&A, Securities Law
Removal of a class action filed in state court under state law alleging fraud in the connection with the merger of MediaOne and AT&T is reversed...

In re Tobacco II Cases

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Health Law
In case involving California smokers who were exposed to defendants' marketing and advertising, orders decertifying a class action for claims under...

Farm Raised Salmon Cases

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
Sustaining of demurrer to complaint alleging that defendant owners and operators of grocery stores sold artificially colored farmed salmon without...

Anchor Lighting v. Southern Cal. Edison Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Public Utilities
Trial court's order that it lacked jurisdiction to consider plaintiff's claim challenging defendant's failure to reduce plaintiff's electricity rates...

Shaw v. Hyatt Int'l Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
Dismissal of a suit by a hotel guest against the hotel operator alleging unjust enrichment and violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act as the...

Dunlap v. Superior Ct. (Bank of Am., N.A.)

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Order granting defendant bank's motion to strike certain portions of plaintiff's class action complaint alleging various labor violations is vacated...

Perry v. First Nat'l Bank

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Summary judgment for defendant and denial of motion to amend in a class action suit alleging that a credit solicitation violated the Fair Credit...

Augustin v. Jablonsky

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal concerning Nassau County Correctional Center's blanket strip search policy for newly admitted, misdemeanor detainees, denials of...

Steering Comm. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a mass tort action, an order denying certification to members of a purported class alleging claims against defendant-oil company arising out of a...

Daffin v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Product Liability, Transportation
In a suit seeking damages for a defective throttle body assembly that caused the accelerator to stick, certification of a class of all 1999 or 2000...