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TURICENTRO, S.A. v. AM. AIRLINES, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, International Trade, Transportation
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act will act as a bar to a proposed Sherman Antitrust Act class action by foreign travel agents against U.S....

IN RE: LINERBOARD ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
A putative class in an antitrust lawsuit, alleging that linerboard manufacturers violated the Sherman Act, met the requirements of FRCP 23(b)(3).

HENDERSON v. GEN. AM. LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
An appeal, challenging the fairness of a class action settlement to the extent it authorized "zero scores" for some class members, is rendered moot...

PAYTON v. KANE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions
District court must consider whether named plaintiffs, in an action based on counties' imposition of a bail fee above the set bail amount as a...

COLBERT v. DYMACOL, INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Defendant's offer of full relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 to named plaintiff, a putative class representative, mooted plaintiff's...

CORBETT v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY (BANK OF AM., N.A.)

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and class actions are not mutually exclusive as a matter of law, and where a class has been properly...

PIGFORD v. VENEMAN

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Legal Malpractice
The district court exceeded its authority, in interpreting a consent decree to allow extension of critical deadlines "as justice requires," in...

MORLAN v. UNIVERSAL GUARANTY LIFE INS. CO.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Insurance Law
Claims for welfare benefits, not limited to health-care benefits, are assignable provided that the ERISA plan itself permits assignment; dismissal of...

MCMEANS v. SCRIPPS HEALTH

Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Defendant hospital operator's lien rights do not extend beyond the amount it agreed to receive from patients' medical insurance carriers as payment...

HEATON v. MONOGRAM CREDIT CARD BANK OF GEORGIA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action alleging violations of Louisiana usury laws, because the FDIC was entitled to intervene, instant federal subject matter jurisdiction...