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Mirfasihi v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Class-action settlement is rejected and the matter remanded where the district court failed to adequately consider the potential value of a sub-class'...

LeMay v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law
Dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of a putative class action against the United States Postal Service alleging breach of a federal...

Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 does not exempt remand orders from 28 U.S.C. section 1447(d) and its general rule of...

Lee County v. Brown

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for plaintiffs holding that a county's school impact fee ordinance constituted a facially unconstitutional impairment on construction...

Roth v. King

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a motion to dismiss plaintiffs-attorneys' Fifth Amendment claims and denial of immunity with respect to claims for injunctive relief are...

In re: Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Indian Law
In a matter arising from litigation involving the Department of Interior's alleged mishandling of certain Individual Indian Money trust accounts, a...

State v. Bridger

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Tax Law
Department of Revenue appeal of order granting taxpayers refunds for unconstitutional taxes is denied where the doctrine of the law of the case bars...

Appoloni v. US

Class Actions, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Payments made by school districts to public school teachers who relinquished their statutory tenure rights and resigned from their positions upon...

Miedema v. Maytag Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Order granting plaintiff's motion to remand to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court...

Cameron Appraisal Dist. v. Rourk

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A court of appeals' judgment reversing rulings against owners of travel trailers on claims challenging assessed ad valorem taxes against the owners...