The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in a Horne v. Flores, a case that originated as a class action against the State of Arizona for insufficient funding of education for non-native-English speaking students. For a report on the oral argument, see this AP article. The case is interesting from a variety of perspectives, but perhaps most [...]
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Supreme Court Case Combines Issues of Education, Federalism, Separation of Powers, and Politics
Posted in Civil Rights Class Actions, Class Action News, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged civil rights, civil rights class action, education class action, english language learning, federalism, separation of powers, thorne v. flores on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can You Just “Double it and Add 30″ to Get to a Reasonable Fee Award?
Posted in Civil Rights Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged attorneys fees, class action attorneys fee, fee award, fee shifting, lodestar, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to SCOTUS Blog, the ABA Journal, and other sources (see the citations within Debra Cassens Weiss’s ABA Journal article), the U.S. Supreme Court has accepted certiorari in Perdue v. Kenny A., et al., Case No. 08-970. The appeal involves an attorneys fee award to attorneys who successfully prosecuted a class action on behalf of thousands of foster children in Georgia’s [...]
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Class Certification Means “Everything” for Baltimore Arrestees
Posted in Civil Rights Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Commentary, tagged civil rights, civil rights class action, fourth amendment, prisoner class action, unconsitutional search and seizure on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to Tricia Bishop of the Baltimore Sun, a U.S. District Court Judge has certified a class of people who allegedly have been subject to being detained and strip-searched by officials in Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Center. Bishop quotes the attorney for the class, William Claiborne, as saying that the decision means “everything” to arrestees because [...]
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