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GRANT v. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEM. CO., L.P.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In consideration of a plaintiff class's motion to remand, attorney's fees that the court may allow to class representatives, pursuant to Louisiana...

MOLSKI v. GLEICH

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions
In light of a release provision which released claims of class members and left them with little or no relief in an ADA action, certification of a...

MOORE v PAINEWEBBER, INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
Class certification of fraud claims based on oral misrepresentations is appropriate only where the misrepresentations relied upon were materially...

IN RE: AIRLINE TICKET COMM'N ANTITRUST LITIG.

Class Actions, Contracts, Remedies, Transportation
Cy pres distribution of unclaimed settlement funds to a public interest group was erroneous, because foreign travel agencies were the next best...

FISCHEL v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'Y OF THE US

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law
After settlement of a class claim involving a system of commission payment to insurance agents, the district court did not abuse its discretion in...

PATERSON v. STATE OF TEXAS

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
A state had no standing to intervene to contest a class action settlement provision allowing defendant to retain money not collected by class members,...

IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE PROJECT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FED'N OF LABOR v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Immigration Law
In a challenge to INS policies in implementing the Immigration Control and Reform Act's legalization procedure, a second amended complaint was timely...

HEIMMERMANN v. FIRST UNION MORTGAGE CO.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Class certification in an action under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act is vacated, where the district court applied the wrong legal standard...

CODY v. HILLARD

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions
Attorneys fees award in a civil rights action by a class of prisoners, for work that culminated in a private settlement agreement dismissing the case,...

MIAMI UNIV. WRESTLING CLUB v. MIAMI UNIV.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sports Law
Because defendant's elimination of the men's wrestling, tennis and soccer programs was in accordance with Title IX, it did not deny plaintiffs equal...