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PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

CITY OF SAN BENITO v. RIO GRANDE VALLEY GAS CO.

Class Actions, Oil and Gas Law
An unnamed class member is not required to intervene in order to appeal its objections to a class settlement or its opt-out requests. Cities could...

DECHERT v. THE CADLE CO.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions
When the named plaintiff in a class action is a fiduciary, that party, here a trustee in bankruptcy, is not a proper class representative.

GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An arbitrator must determine whether contracts between a commercial lender and its customers, containing a clause providing for arbitration of all...

IN RE: BELLSOUTH CORP.

Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A writ of mandamus setting aside the disqualification of petitioners' attorney in representing them in a putative class-action race discrimination...

MUSMECI v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's grocery voucher plan is governed by ERISA, and a self-insured retention in a policy covering an employer's liability for employee...

ALLAPATTAH SERVS. INC. v. EXXON CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Oil and Gas Law
28 U.S.C. section 1367 authorizes the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction in a diversity class action over claims that do not meet the $50,000...

MUSMECI v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's grocery voucher plan is governed by ERISA, and a self-insured retention in a policy covering an employer's liability for employee...

VETERANS LEGAL DEF. FUND v. SCHWARTZ

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs have not demonstrated a lack of substantive or procedural due process in deprivation of a hiring privilege and cannot prevail, individually...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTM'T CO., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...