Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon
457 U.S. 147 (1982) Cited 5,674 times 33 Legal AnalysesHolding that named plaintiff must prove “much more than the validity of his own claim”; the individual plaintiff must show that “the individual's claim and the class claims will share common questions of law or fact and that the individual's claim will be typical of the class claims,” explicitly referencing the “commonality” and “typicality” requirements of Rule 23
Hanlon v. Chrysler Corp.
150 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 1998) Cited 3,052 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that " common nucleus of facts and potential legal remedies dominate[d]" over "idiosyncratic differences between state consumer protection laws" where a nationwide class of minivan buyers’ claims turned on "questions of [the manufacturer’s] prior knowledge of the [vehicle’s] deficiency, the design defect, and a damages remedy"
Rodriguez v. W. Publ'g Corp.
563 F.3d 948 (9th Cir. 2009) Cited 1,062 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that settlement was substantively fair and reasonable to the class
Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.
290 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2002) Cited 1,075 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding state law governing underlying claims in a diversity action “also governs the award of fees”
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc.
396 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 756 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Dunleavy v. Nadler
213 F.3d 454 (9th Cir. 2000) Cited 870 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding an incentive award to the class representatives
Churchill Village v. General Electric
361 F.3d 566 (9th Cir. 2004) Cited 737 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that approval of a settlement that received 45 objections and 500 opt-outs out of 90,000 class members was proper
Officers for Justice v. Civil Serv. Comm'n
688 F.2d 615 (9th Cir. 1982) Cited 1,126 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding a settlement must stand or fall in its entirety because a district court cannot "delete, modify or substitute certain provisions"
Lane v. Facebook, Inc.
696 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2012) Cited 409 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that Rule 23(e) "does not require detailed analysis of the statutes or causes of action forming the basis for the plaintiff class' claims, and it does not require an estimate of the potential value of those claims"
Class Plaintiffs v. City of Seattle
955 F.2d 1268 (9th Cir. 1992) Cited 768 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the relevant indenture agreement allowed the trustee to "bring tort and fraud claims on behalf of the bondholders"
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 34,939 times 1235 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications
18 U.S.C. § 2701 Cited 1,324 times 135 Legal AnalysesHolding liable any person who "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided ... and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage"