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St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Compaq Computer Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment to an insurer in its action to recover payments made in defending Compaq from a class-action lawsuit and on a counterclaim for...

In re: Nazi Era Cases Against German Defendants Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a case involving allegations that defendants, German companies, had cooperated with the Nazi regime in causing plaintiff's sterilization, dismissal...

Trevizo v. Adams

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiffs and denial of a motion for class certification, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against a city and...

Coan v. Kaufman

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendant retirement plan trustees is affirmed where the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims: 1) brought on...

Deveraturda v. Globe Aviation Sec. Servs.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), which prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff without giving 60 days'...

Frazar v. Ladd

Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit to improve Texas' administration of a Medicaid program to afford health care to a certified class of indigent children, denial of a motion...

In re: AT&T Corp. Sec. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
An award of attorneys' fees in the settlement of a securities fraud class action is affirmed over claims by objectors that the award of attorneys'...

Harris v. Verizon Commc'ns

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Securities Law
Sustaining of demurrer without leave to amend is upheld, and appeal is dismissed, where the Unclaimed Property Law provides defendant with absolute...

In re: Cendant Corp. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Securities Law
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58 does not mandate that a district court issue two distinct documents when disposing of a case. However, a lengthy...

Richards v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
Refusal to certify a class in a suit against an airline involving its compensation for lost luggage is affirmed where the suit was predominately or...