As 2010 winds down, it’s time to review the key developments in class action law. It was an especially busy year for the federal courts, and in particular the U.S. Supreme Court, on issues impacting class action practice. Here, in chronological order, are 10 key developments from the year that was: January 5 – In In [...]
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2010 Class Action Year in Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Federal Court Decisions, Supreme Court Decisions, Uncategorized, tagged 23(b)(2), all writs act, baycol, CAFA, CAFA removal, civil rights class action, class action review, Class Action Trends, class arbitration, class arbitration waiver, discrimination class action, diversity jurisdiction, dukes, FAA, foreign cubed, morrison, nerve center, preemption, rigorous analysis, shady grove, stolt-nielsen, top ten lists, wal-mart, year in review on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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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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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