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Grace v. Bank Leumi Trust Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Evidence, Judgement Enforcement, M&A
Order vacating default judgment as void is affirmed because corporation taking default failed to appear through counsel, damages were awarded without...

Denney v. Jenkens & Gilchrist

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
Judgment certifying a class action is affirmed over claims that: 1) the class contains members who have not yet been assessed tax penalties and thus...

Wallace v. Louisiana Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
The mandatory abstention provisions of 28 U.S.C. section 1369(b) are not an independent bar to the exercise of jurisdiction over a case removed...

Garcia v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions
Grant of a motion to dismiss and denial of class certification in an action alleging racial discrimination in the administration of various...

Experian v. Superior Ct. (Sorensen)

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
Order approving letter to former potential class members is reversed where: 1) after denial of certification, a court cannot order notification of...

Partington v. American Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Judgement Enforcement, Securities Law
District court's holdings, that default judgment obtained against a provider of trustee service was void and that the judgment in favor of plaintiff...

Heffner v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, ERISA, Health Law, Remedies
Certification of plaintiff class was an abuse of discretion where: 1) in order for plaintiffs to prevail on their ERISA claims each plaintiff must...

Harris v. Investors' Bus. Daily

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage-and-hour class action, orders sustaining a demurrer to cause of action under Business and Professions Code section 17200 and granting...

Park Univ. Enters., Inc. v. Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment in a declaratory suit against an insurer in a coverage dispute over the defense of plaintiff in an underlying class action for alleged...

Patterson v. Dean Morris LLP

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a Class Action Fairness Act appeal under 28 U.S.C. section 1453, the sixty-day period, or any extended period, in which the court of appeals must...