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MCKOWAN LOWE & CO., LTD. v. JASMINE, LTD.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Class claims of intervening class members are tolled if a district court declines to certify a class for reasons unrelated to the appropriateness of...

CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF ST. LOUIS, INC. v. KAISER

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
A class action for breach of contract against an administrator of employee health-benefits plans, by healthcare providers who allege systematic...

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...

CHEVRON USA, INC. v. SCH. BD. VERMILION PARISH

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The court is without jurisdiction based on the absence of an appealable order before it, where appellants lack standing to argue that demand letters...

IN RE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In an antitrust class action charging price-fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, evidence showed that manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup...

CHEVRON USA, INC. v. SCH. BD. VERMILION PARISH

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The court is without jurisdiction based on the absence of an appealable order before it, where appellants lack standing to argue that demand letters...

LOW v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CO.

Class Actions, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
An insurer shall not be required to provide a third party defense to a lawsuit for damages from diet products, where the underlying complaint is...

DEVLIN v. SCARDELLETTI

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
An unnamed class member, who objects in a timely manner to the approval of a settlement at a fairness hearing, may bring an appeal without first...

SCHUETZ v. BANC ONE MORTGAGE CORP.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Yield spread premiums, fees paid by mortgage lenders to mortgage brokers based on the difference between the interest rate at which the broker...

PAIGE v. CALIFORNIA

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging that the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) promotional process discriminates against non-whites, an internal pool is the...