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In re Literary Works in Elect. Databases Copyright Litig.

Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a consolidated class-action dispute involving a complaint for copyright infringements arising from defendant-publishers' unauthorized electronic...

Howard v. Criminal Information Services, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a consolidate dispute involving the scope of the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. sections 2721-2725, judgments of the district...

Mississippi Public Employees v. Boston Scientific Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Health Law, Securities Law
In a securities class-action arising from defendant's recall of a coronary stent system and alleging Sections 10(b) and 20(a), 15 U.S.C. sections...

Pitts v. Terrible Herbst, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an dispute arising from a class-action for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 216(b), and state labor laws, judgment of...

Ginsberg v. Northwest, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a class-action for common law breach of contract under the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, judgment of the district court...

Casey v. Merck and Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability dispute concerning the interpretation of state law and arising out of the dismissal of plaintiffs' claims as time-barred, the...

Faber v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class-action complaint alleging breach of ERISA fiduciary duties by defendant's use of certain retained asset accounts through which it retained...

Department of Fish & Game v. Superior Court (Adams)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to overturn a decision of the Superior Court certifying an underlying dispute as a class action, petition...

Township of Lyndhurst v. Priceline.com Inc

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law, cs_89
In a class action dispute for unpaid hotel occupancy taxes brought by plaintiffs-municipalities, judgment of the district court dismissing action on...

In re: Virginia Van Dusen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a petition for a writ of mandamus arising from the district court's denial of petitioners' application to resolve their claim of exemption from...