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LIVINGSTON v. ASSOCS. FIN., INC.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a Truth In Lending Act claim is reversed where an arbitration agreement was controlling, and defendants'...

MARTINEZ-MENDOZA v. PEREZ-DELGADO

Agriculture, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for monetary relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, a manufacturer was...

BELL ATL. CORP. v. AT&T CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law
In Rule 23(f) interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of motion to certify two classes of plaintiffs allegedly injured by the refusal of the...

BERGER v. XEROX CORP. RETIREMENT INCOME GUARANTEE PLAN

Class Actions, ERISA
An ERISA "cash balance" pension plan's method of computing plaintiffs' lump-sum entitlements violates ERISA, but only certain members of the class are...

KAUFMAN v. ACS SYS., INC.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
A class action under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which regulates unsolicited "junk fax" advertisements, may be maintained...

REYNOLDS v. MCINNES

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination class action suit between two government agencies, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it modified...

REYNOLDS v. MCINNES

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination class action suit between two government agencies, the district court erred in interpreting and applying Article...

BELL ATL. CORP. v. AT&T CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law
In Rule 23(f) interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of motion to certify two classes of plaintiffs allegedly injured by the refusal of the...

WASHINGTON v. LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR, PENA & SAMPSON, LLP

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
The Tax Injunction Act prevents the federal district court from hearing a constitutional challenge to a city ordinance authorizing the collection of...

UNION PAC. RES. GROUP, INC. v. HANKINS

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
Because a covenant to obtain the best price reasonably attainable is implied under Texas law only to proceeds leases, not to market-value leases, gas...