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Billing v. Credit Suisse First Boston

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' class action antitrust complaints, alleging securities fraud, is vacated where the district court erred when it determined...

Grand River Enter. v. Pryor

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a challenge to state statutes enacted pursuant to a settlement agreement between forty-six states and the four major tobacco companies, the...

Holton v. City of Thomasville Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in a school system, judgment in favor of defendant-school district is reversed where the...

Shapell Indus. Inc. v. Super. Ct. of L.A.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The superior court did not lack subject matter jurisdiction to grant defendant's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint which added a new...

Waldman v. Riedinger

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for participation in a class action settlement is reversed where the district court erred in interpreting the provisions...

In Re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The district court acted within its discretion when it denied plaintiff's challenge to the allocation of the settlement of Holocaust victims' class...

McClain v. Am. Economy Ins.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain class action relief for defendants' alleged discriminatory policies which denied homeowners insurance to the...

Erb v. Alliance Capital Mgmt.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, plaintiff's appeal of a removal order is dismissed for want of appellate jurisdiction where the notice of appeal...

Smith v. Arthur Andersen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The district court was correct when it approved the settlement of plaintiff's claims and enjoined the non-settling defendants from asserting claims...

Watson v. Phillip Morris Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action, the case was properly removed to federal court where government control over defendant-cigarette maker's advertising regulations...