Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor

Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc.

Holding that decision to grant or reject objector's motion for discovery regarding fairness of settlement depended on "whether or not the District Court had before it sufficient facts intelligently to approve the settlement offer"

Goldberger v. Integrated Resources, Inc.

Holding that risk must be measured at the time the lawsuit is filed

Shahriar v. Smith Wollensky Rest. Grp., Inc.

Holding that collective actions under the FLSA encompass only FLSA violations

Denney v. Deutsche Bank AG

Holding "no class may be certified that contains members lacking Article III standing"

Consol. Rail Corp. v. Town of Hyde Park

Holding that "numerosity is presumed at a level of 40 members"

City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation

Holding that Section 4 does not authorize award of attorney's fees to a plaintiff who settles his claim with the defendant

In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc.

Holding that Shutts did not require opt-out rights in a Rule 23(b)(B) class action because the plaintiffs had already submitted to the district court's jurisdiction by filing bankruptcy claims against the defendant

Moore v. Painewebber, Inc.

Holding that, given "materially uniform misrepresentations," "an individual plaintiff's receipt of and reliance upon the misrepresentation may then be simpler matters to determine"

Rule 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

Making affidavits and declarations effectively synonymous

Section 1750 - Title of act

Section 1542 - Claims not known by creditor at time of executing release

Providing that a general release does not extend to unknown claims

Section 1715 - Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials

Providing list of information required to be included with the CAFA notice