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ZIMMERMAN v. CHICAGO BD. OF TRADE

Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions
There is no evidence that defendant's dominant motive in adopting the Emergency Resolution requiring public liquidation of July 1989 soybeans futures...

IN RE DIGITAL ISLAND SEC. LITIG.

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Securities Law
Because plaintiffs failed to allege facts giving rise to a strong inference that defendants acted with scienter in regard to their statements and/or...

SAMUEL-BASSETT v. KIA MOTORS AM., INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
When the relevant facts are not in dispute or findings have been made, district courts should adhere to the "legal certainty" test, requiring a...

JONES v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
28 U.S.C. section 1367 has displaced the earlier view that a permissive counterclaim requires independent jurisdiction; supplemental jurisdiction may...

BAKER v. IBP, INC.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Former employees at defendant's meat-processing plant, alleging that wages at the plant are depressed due to its practice of hiring illegal aliens,...

IN RE GEN. AM. LIFE INS. CO. SALES PRACTICES LITIG.

Class Actions, Insurance Law
Settlement in a Missouri class action barred the plaintiff from pursuing this suit in New Mexico. The text of the settlement agreement was...

LA GRASTA v. FIRST UNION SEC., INC.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Securities Law
Plaintiffs were not put on inquiry notice of securities fraud when defendant continued to give Ask Jeeves stock a "strong buy" recommendation despite...

MIRFASIHI v. FLEET MORTGAGE CORP.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A negotiated settlement awarding nothing to the larger of two plaintiff classes should not have been approved. The district court failed to estimate...

GARCIA v. DIRECTV, INC.

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where an arbitration clause is silent as to class arbitration, the foundational issue of whether that arbitration agreement prohibits class...

IN RE INTEGRA REALTY RES., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
District court did not abuse its discretion in certifying a mandatory defendant class, or in approving a class settlement whereby each beneficiary of...