Three cases about moldy washing machines currently sit at the U.S. Supreme Court, waiting for their names to be called. The cases are nearly identical consumer products class actions, and they have enormous potential to shape...more
1/22/2014
/ Butler v Sears ,
Class Action ,
Comcast ,
Comcast v. Behrend ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Mold Litigation ,
SCOTUS ,
Sears ,
Wal-Mart ,
Whirlpool ,
Whirlpool v Glazer
On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864, which provides a valuable tool for the defense in combatting class certification in antitrust cases and other types of class...more
In the latest class action case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a majority of the Court extended the Wal-Mart v. Dukes analysis to damages and held: proposed damages must be measurable on a classwide basis.
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