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Supreme Court rejects bank challenge to $12B municipal bond class action
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by several major financial institutions to prevent cities from banding together in a $12B class action accusing them of artificially inflating interest rates on a popular municipal bond.
SCOTUS decides not to address allowance of ‘damages classes’
The U.S. Supreme Court finds certiorari improvidently allowed in a case raising the question of whether to allow certifying damages classes, leaving Rule 23 class action question unresolved.
Civil Practice: Class Certification-Overly Broad Class
Where car buyers, who defaulted on their loans and had their vehicles repossessed, sued a credit company, and the company sought a writ of prohibition barring the trial court […]
Class certification denied in public-defender lawsuit
A federal judge has denied class certification in a lawsuit that challenged the adequacy of Missouri’s public-defender system. The lawsuit alleged that the Missouri State Public Defender System is too […]
Insurance: Replacement-Cost Homeowner’s Insurance-Deduction of Labor Depreciation-Class Certification
Plaintiffs filed a putative class action challenging defendant’s practice of withholding labor depreciation from actual cash-value payments under defendant’s replacement-cost homeowner- insurance policies. The district court granted plaintiffs’ motion for […]
Insurance : Class Certification – Property Damage – Replacement Cost
In re: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (MLW No. 71050/Case No. 16-3185 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Consumer Law : FDCPA – Interest Rate – Class Certification
LVNV Funding, LLC v. Mavaega (MLW No. 70977/Case No. WD80294 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)
Consumer Law : Unauthorized Practice – MMPA – Class Certification
Lucas Subway Midmo, Inc. v. The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. (MLW No. 70456/Case No. WD79834 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)
Civil Practice : Class Certification – Inadequate Analysis – Appeal Bond
Sciaroni v. Consumer Plaintiffs (MLW No. 70132/Case No. 15-3909 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Civil Practice : Class Certification – Commonality – Environmental Contamination
Ebert v. General Mills, Inc. (MLW No. 69200/Case No. 15-1735 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)
Administrative : Social Security Benefits – Windfall Elimination Provision – Class Certification
Mitchael v. Colvin (MLW No. 68673/Case No. 14-3220 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Civil Practice : Class Certification – Asbestos Exposure – Medical Monitoring
Elsea v. U.S. Engineering Company (MLW No. 67555/Case No. WD77687 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)
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